1 00:00:01,520 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 1: Welcome to them, Christian No Common Show podcast. 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 2: Yesterday we stumbled into something big. Chop tops are getting smaller. 3 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:16,799 Speaker 3: Yes, say it ain't so. 4 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 2: We had a chilling account yesterday from a former theater 5 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 2: land barman Rio who can confirm chop tops are shrinking. 6 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 3: Chock tops are definitely shrinking. 7 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 4: They were bigger around the twenty fifteen sixteen area. 8 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: And what a time to get your chopped tops. 9 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:37,839 Speaker 3: That would have been the heyday, the golden ear of 10 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 3: chock tops. 11 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 2: You should have been the here then, Pommy, you would 12 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:43,279 Speaker 2: have loved it here signs of a football they were. 13 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 2: Then you're licking it all day, can. 14 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 3: Barely fitted in your mouth. 15 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,479 Speaker 4: Now you get these tiny, little minty, winty chock tops 16 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:51,879 Speaker 4: that aren't satisfying at all. 17 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 2: And we had a lot of calls yesterday. Sheepole, Wake up, 18 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 2: sheep Pole, wake up. 19 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 4: Two packs of tinterns and there was only eight in 20 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 4: the pack, and there used to be thirteen. 21 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 2: Were it will When I was a kid, I could 22 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 2: have one of those, and. 23 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 5: I was like, I have one more bid I'm going 24 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 5: to be sick and go into a chocolate tamer. 25 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 2: Now I can eat four of them and go Okay, 26 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 2: where's the next one. I'm a red frog enthusiast. 27 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 5: Back in the day, we used to get red frogs 28 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 5: were about maybe an inch, maybe a bit longer. These 29 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 5: days you're lucky if you get border at that. There 30 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 5: is a McDonald's fiasco going on. 31 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 2: The size of big macs have produced. The Big Mac 32 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:31,960 Speaker 2: is now no longer big. 33 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:33,960 Speaker 4: It's a regular Mac name. 34 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 5: What's going on with this big We're getting ripsaw? 35 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 3: A fiasco? 36 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: All right? So Rio has been conducting. 37 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 2: Darkweb independent research yesterday after. 38 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 4: The show about this. It's called something. It's a thing, Christian, 39 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 4: it is a thing. It's not just your gut. It's 40 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 4: not just anecdotal evidence. There is an accepted practice that 41 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 4: we are not aware of. It is a tactic cord 42 00:01:58,440 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 4: shrink flation. 43 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: What happens in shrink flation. 44 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 4: Shrink flation bit by bit, imperceptible to the naked eye. 45 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 4: They reduce the size of chocolates one day just by 46 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 4: maybe again. 47 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 2: Doing that with a show over the next sort of 48 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 2: couple of years of my contract. Well, I just shaved 49 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:13,959 Speaker 2: off a minute a month. Suddenly I'm not going to 50 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 2: killer seven minutes and two years time. 51 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 3: And companies like all sorts of chocolate companies. Confectiony companies 52 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 3: have been doing it. 53 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 4: And while inflation the price is going up seven to 54 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:25,639 Speaker 4: eight percent. 55 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: On fair, we're not getting more for that, now we're 56 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:27,799 Speaker 1: getting less. 57 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:29,399 Speaker 3: Christian shrink flation. 58 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: Barely perceptible to the human eye, but. 59 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:33,920 Speaker 3: Not to ours. We picked it up. 60 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, shrink flation can be up to twenty percent while 61 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 4: prices go up. 62 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 3: Shrink Flation is also going up. 63 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:45,359 Speaker 1: But give me hard facts, hard facts. 64 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 4: Toddler own bars used to be two hundred grams, now 65 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 4: a mere one hundred and seventy grams. 66 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 1: That's not a mountain range. Tetley Tea your number tea. 67 00:02:56,080 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 3: Bags one hundred grams you now they're eighty eight grams. 68 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 3: I can't even say it. 69 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: My god, it's so emotional. So tea in this bag. 70 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 2: Those monkeys don't come down the slopes off India with 71 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 2: that lovely tea leaves. 72 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:12,959 Speaker 3: My teasers. 73 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 4: The Fun sized bag are very fun. One hundred and 74 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 4: forty four grams. 75 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 2: The green size of Fun Universe is one hundred and 76 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 2: forty grams. 77 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 4: Now no one's having it's a frown sized bag. It's 78 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:27,519 Speaker 4: one hundred and thirty two grams. 79 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:27,920 Speaker 2: It's easy. 80 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 1: What happened to the eight grams? 81 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 3: How many more of these jobbing to do? 82 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: Just too more? 83 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:33,919 Speaker 5: Weep? 84 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:36,119 Speaker 3: It's the beloved Australian Week because. 85 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: Missing a bit less of that mulch. 86 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 4: Sprinkles which we thought two hundred grams down to one 87 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 4: sixty five. Wait now they're one hundred and thirty four grams. 88 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, you can't get your hand in that tiny little 89 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 2: can anymore. 90 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 3: And one final one tintams or toilet paper sheets. 91 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 1: All right, this is getting bigger. 92 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 2: It might just be that, just seeing how it's tracking, 93 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 2: probably our backsides are getting bigger. 94 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: That's all it is Tim tams. This country's run on. 95 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 3: Tim Tamsim countries run on Tim tams. 96 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 1: I just said that. 97 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, I's trying to buy some time, as I found 98 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 4: it on the sheet there is down There used to 99 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 4: be eleven, now there are just nine. 100 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 2: Christian, my god, they're removing our Tim tams. 101 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 1: While we're asleep. Sheep, all wake up, sheep, all wake 102 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 1: up now. 103 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 2: Patsy's husband Chris has identified a few other areas that 104 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 2: we weren't aware of. 105 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 1: We'll get his report next well. 106 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 5: Christian Connell's show podcast. 107 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 2: Chris, Patsy's husband the Werribee Love God is on the 108 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 2: case about shrinkage. 109 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 6: Can I listeners? We're talking about things that are getting smaller. Well, 110 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 6: I'm convinced my jocks and belts are getting smaller, but 111 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 6: we can't in fact check that, so we'll move on. 112 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 6: I've long suspected that potts and pints in pubs are 113 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 6: getting short change and getting smaller. I also think that 114 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 6: Vanetta ice creams are getting smaller. I always used to 115 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:08,359 Speaker 6: buy Petrina one of those when she was sick, and 116 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:10,359 Speaker 6: there's a lot less chocolate than them, and they're a 117 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:12,360 Speaker 6: lot shorter than what they were. I can't remember what 118 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 6: the drammage was, but I'm convinced they're getting smaller. 119 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:18,719 Speaker 2: I'm with Chrystal that about Vanetta. They are definitely smaller 120 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 2: than it used to be. My other question about that 121 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:23,720 Speaker 2: side question is who the hell when they're not feeling 122 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 2: very well? Quote feeling sick requires a Vanetta the creamiest 123 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 2: ice cream. 124 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:33,719 Speaker 6: When I used to get laryngitis and he brought me 125 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 6: home on to cool. You know when you just need something, 126 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 6: some ice cream, and you've got like tonsal is shues, 127 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 6: but you just need. 128 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:42,160 Speaker 1: Plain ice cream. You don't need so yummy. Yeah. 129 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:44,599 Speaker 2: I remember the first time I was run a friend's 130 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 2: house and his parents were quite posh, and they brought 131 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 2: out the Vanetta for the first time. And remember we're 132 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 2: going home to my parents. My dad got so angry 133 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 2: because I was like, haven't we got vanetta? I pulled 134 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 2: Daddy worked like a fifteen hour day in a car factory. 135 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: It was really expensive. Then we couldn't afford it. I remember. 136 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 2: I remember thinking, this is what the Queen was saying. 137 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 2: She's got so much money, she can just afford that, 138 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:09,840 Speaker 2: like seven days a week. And it's no biggie, she's 139 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 2: just laughing, probably wasting half of. 140 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: It, this special occasion for the Queen. 141 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:21,720 Speaker 3: And that's all. 142 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 2: Right, thank you. Anita's on the line. Good morning, Anita, 143 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 2: running Anita, what is getting smaller? 144 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 5: Well, I was having some ice cream at mum's house, 145 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 5: as you do, and she usually buys a tub. Well, 146 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 5: just trumming that we do together. Anyway, we both noticed 147 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 5: that it was softer, just in texture. Anyway, I just 148 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 5: happened to mention this to one of the one of 149 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 5: the guys at work, because I think they were talking 150 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 5: about the same thing, and he goes, yeah, that's because 151 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 5: they're whipping air into the mixture as they create it. 152 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 2: More what's dumping air into its conspiracy to expand it. 153 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:07,599 Speaker 2: So we think we're getting a load of ice cream, 154 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 2: but there's just more air in them, less ice cream. 155 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 5: Yeah, it's both me and both mum and I noticed 156 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 5: it and that's it was quite soft. 157 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 4: And you didn't just leave it out of the freezer 158 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 4: for a bit longer, just no, mum. 159 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 5: Mum is the top person that has like her ice 160 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 5: cream is very hard, so it was very out. 161 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 2: Of what is it where it was like too hard? 162 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 1: I used to put it in the microwave for. 163 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 2: Like thirty seconds just to make it some way. 164 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 1: Break up a bottle. It's got like icicle. It's like 165 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 1: you can't be banging on it. It was a solid ice. 166 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 2: This is shocking though, I mean you and your mum. 167 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 2: You're not burnstining Woodstein and it reporters that broke the 168 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 2: the what was it scan of water? 169 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 1: This is huge. History will remember you too. 170 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 5: Hopefully no one picks up who I am. 171 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, it's right. You're safe under our jurisdiction. Don't worry, 172 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 1: all right, Anita, thank you very much for giving us 173 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: a call. 174 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 5: You're welcome, thanks for having me, and thank you for. 175 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: Bringing hazard lights on as well. That's good stuff. 176 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 2: This is the Christian O'Connell Show podcast.