# What's a burger ring?  (New Zealand movie reference)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 27, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-burger-ring-new-zealand-movie-reference/758527 "2016-06-27T15:40:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-burger-ring-new-zealand-movie-reference/758527/21 "2016-06-29T02:27:06Z")

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Aussie here, but I always loved Burger Rings as a kid. Very disappointing as an adult, however.

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**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-burger-ring-new-zealand-movie-reference/758527/22 "2016-06-29T03:57:09Z")

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> [@Lobot](#):
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> Aussie here, but I always loved Burger Rings as a kid. Very disappointing as an adult, however.

Yeah? They’re the only bright orange snack I’ll still eat, now that you can’t get proper Cheezels.

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**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-burger-ring-new-zealand-movie-reference/758527/23 "2016-06-29T04:01:03Z")

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> [@Penfeather](#):
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> Yeah? They’re the only bright orange snack I’ll still eat, now that you can’t get proper Cheezels.

They taste more bland to me now, though I’m not sure if they’ve changed or I have. Toobs also seem pretty gross to me now.

But what’s this about Cheezels???

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**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-burger-ring-new-zealand-movie-reference/758527/24 "2016-06-29T04:52:19Z")

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> [@Lobot](#):
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> Aussie here, but I always loved Burger Rings as a kid. Very disappointing as an adult, however.

I had them in Australia some years ago…I thought theyd be like funyuns… they were disappointing.

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-burger-ring-new-zealand-movie-reference/758527/25 "2016-06-29T05:02:40Z")

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> [@GuanoLad](#):
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> A perennial [favourite](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O81OIvZD-Gg).

Yes, and it’s absoLUTEly amazing! 🆒

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**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-burger-ring-new-zealand-movie-reference/758527/26 "2016-06-30T06:36:43Z")

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Several years ago, a top Australian Rules player proposed to his girlfriend on the spur-of-the-moment, and didn’t have a diamond ring to hand - so he used a Burger Ring instead.

[http://www.news.com.au/news/brownlow-boy-proposed-with-burger-ring/story-fna7dq6e-1111117568414](http://www.news.com.au/news/brownlow-boy-proposed-with-burger-ring/story-fna7dq6e-1111117568414)

It’s since become quite a common gag down under.

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