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Re:Horlicks, a drink Brits go to bed with and Indians wake u... by helipad on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @10:14AM (#14042197)
Went to a football match as a lad and wasn't sure what Bovril was, but ordered one anyway.

Imagine my reaction when what I thought was hot chocolate, was instead hot beef extract.

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Re:Horlicks, a drink Brits go to bed with and Indians wake u... by jahnu on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @10:55AM (#14042511)
Billy Connolly had a great bit about Bovril, football and violence.

https://youtu.be/-JjVg0Sbsh4

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Re:Horlicks, a drink Brits go to bed with and Indians wake u... by hprotagonist on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @10:26AM (#14042281)
Yeah. I had a real hard time conceiving of it as something that doesn't involve malt powder.
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