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Mailbag: Giant Bomb Mailbag: East Meets West Edition

Wait, you're telling me Australia and Austria are two different places!?!

What's in the mail? Is it an old T-shirt? A lunchbox full of rusty knives? Video game treasures? Canadian energy drinks?

Jul. 23 2010

Posted by: Ryan

In This Episode:

Kirby

Japan

Austria

Candy

272 Comments

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Edited By InfiniteGeass

Don't think, feel.

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I like bacon as much as the next guy, but who puts it in chocolate? That's just madness.

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Well, my vote goes toward Will's appearing more often.  I think he's great.

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What? America doesn't have Kinder Eggs?  I am genuinely surprised.

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Edited By swamplord666

Alright, now i need to send them all kinds of kinder products. I cannot believe thy don't know kinder eggs. THAT'S MY CHILDHOOD!!!

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Dude Jeff where did you get that Tshirt, I must have one of those tshirts, I MUST!!!
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Edited By Light_Bahamut

Foer's a decent novelist. Check out "Everything is Illuminated".

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Edited By Myrmidon

Seriously, can Ryan be any more rude? 'Oh hey we got all this free stuff, but fuck acknowledging the person who sent it, he's not worth the time or the effort!'
 
He didn't even thank the guy when Will pointed it out at the end. What a douchebag.

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@Izaak:   @paulishere22:  
Ted is an engineer. 
twitter.com/tnm8
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I saw some UCB comedy show when I was in NYC last july. Some funny shit

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Edited By canucks23

Damn Kinder Suprises were my favorite candy when i was a kid. No clue they weren't available in the US.

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@InfiniteGeass said:
" Don't think, feel. "
amen brother,
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@Supermarius: Those things were soooo nasty.
 
I've never had a Kinder Surprise ,but I'm sure I know someone who might have some from Mexico.
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I must say I really enjoy Will joining in on the Mailbag and I would love to see some more Whiskey Media staff join in on occasion since they are all together now.

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@canucks23: It seems that kids in the states had an issue with choking on the plastic egg insde the chocolate. No joke.
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I've always been a big fan of Will Smith glad to see him sitting in on these.

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Getting hungry now...

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@Myrmidon: 
 
yeah i kinda agree. That was a lil rough. Packing all that shit and buying it isnt the hardest thing in the world but it still takes a decent amount of time and effort not to mention cash if the guy is especially from another country. 
 
I understand he does those a lot so he probably didn't realize he did that because usually he does.
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Long time viewer first time poster but I had to reg 'cause I could not believe how disrespectful Ryan was in that mailbag video.  That was very uncool, dude.

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@zitosilva: Gah! You're a bad person!
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Edited By WEKS

Wait... you guys don't have Kinder Surprises in the US or what?

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Edited By Tom1243

Kinder Eggs! Can't beleive you guys dont have them!
 
 You can also get it in Bar form!.

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Gosh, I got the hungries for some good chocolate now.

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I remember the faux Kinder eggs sold in the U.S. as a kid, but I never got one. My father was/is a safety nut and wouldn't let me near them, and hearing the stories about kids dying while choking on the contents certainly didn't help. Paranoia won in the end.

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So were any of these addressed to Will then beca-I DIDN'T THINK SO STEP OFF SON
*stupidly protective of the retaining the o.g. giant bomb crew*

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I'm surprised the Kinder Surprise got through customs, apparently they are bared from the US because they are consider a choking hazard. Ryan is right though, all Kinder chocolate is terrible you just buy the eggs for the crappy toys.

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kinderägg ftw! 

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Ryan turns into a bigger dick with every video he makes. I don't even watch quicklooks with him in them anymore because his commentary sucks.

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@Cbouncerrun:  I thought the same thing lol
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@TzarStefan: Ja! ^.^
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Ryan didn't seem at all grateful for the stuff the Austrian guy sent, he didn't even bother trying to find out his name which was a bit rude in my opinion.

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Kinder eggs!!!!!!!!! I can't believe they have never had one! Go Drew!

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ive never seen Jeff not wearing shorts!!! :O

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Edited By LobsterCrunk

You guys sounded so pleasently surprised by the Kinder Eggs.  Didn't realise you couldn't get them in the U.S.  Or maybe you can?  I always liked the chocolate in Kinder Eggs.  Anything Kinder makes has pretty good chocolate for me.

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Kinder Surprise, weeeeeeeee!!

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Has Jeff lost a lotta weight or what?! on Jeffy Craig?!!!!
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@Schizoid said:
"Ryan didn't seem at all grateful for the stuff the Austrian guy sent, he didn't even bother trying to find out his name which was a bit rude in my opinion. "

Yeah, I know he likes being a dick but that was seriously uncool.
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Great Mailbag Episode, as usual. 
 
The Japanese Candy looked very cool, the German candy, not as much, even though the chocolate was tempting.  I do think Ryan was a bit rude, in throwing the letter away, though.
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Ahhh, what's that piano song near the middle. I know I've heard it but I can't remember its name.

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@Roger778:
But he read it. It's not like a piece of paper with that note would want to be kept around.
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Does the US not have Kinder Surprise as a common treat? I'm genuinely shocked at this news.
 
P.S. Next video, I'd like to see Ted dancin'.

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Smarties rock

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Didn't know there was anybody at Whiskey Media who could read katakana...I think.

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Yeah, surprised they didn't know about Kinder eggs. Some of that stuff looked great, though. I need to try chili chocolate. 
 
Will is a lucky bastard to get to sit in on these and eat all this crazy shit.

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yay I'm from austria aswell 
also yea ryan was pretty ungrateful

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Really surprised they didn't know about Kinder Eggs?  I'm sure I have seen Kinder Surprises when I have been down to the States before?  We have them in Canada too

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Funfact: because of the brown/white chocolate combo, "kinder egg" is sometimes used as a term for people (usually women) who have brown hair, but stereotypical blonde traits (ie: less intelligence), and sometimes for dark skinned people who act "white".

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@TheHT said:
"Ahhh, what's that piano song near the middle. I know I've heard it but I can't remember its name. "

Air - Mike Mills. Glad it was on my ipod. It was driving me nuts too in the background. Great song.
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My first episode of Mailbag. You guys are awesome. I'm glad you guys focus on some stuff other than gamign and the readers can really get to know you guys.

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@Schizoid: Yeah, his IBS seems to be acting up or something. He's been rather rude or just negative in several vids lately.