why do the lids on smarties have letters on them?

Aaaaaaah the " choclate niblet beans "thats what they were called in 1937,and renamed smarties in 1938.they are not KOSHER or VEGETARIAN as they are cloured using a derivitive of the COCHINEAL BEETLE to dye the smarties
lids come in 2 sizes imperial and metric neather will fit on either tube,and come i 4 colours
ORANGE
YELLOW
DARK GREEN
DARK BLUE
mid 1960s the lids started to have capital letters on them in each colour theres 2 different alphabet sets.if you look at the letters on the lid ,one set will have the tab pointing upwards and the other downwards
The letters and nubers were for educational purposes the letters ranged from
A-Z , a-z
and the numbers ranged from
1-9
in 1996 there was a special edition and you could collect 8 different types of lids ranging from
alians
planets
rocket
space ship ,if you sent away ten tokens and 80p you could get smatians . jock,babok,and smorg

2006-07-11 01:10:08 · answer #1 · answered by dirtyharry7717 3 · 10⤊ 4⤋

Smartie Tubes

2016-10-19 05:08:04 · answer #2 · answered by outler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Damn Statto beat me to it...

Indeed, Only Smarties have the answer!

BTW have u ever slammed an empty Smarties tube with the lid on? Hehe so fun - makes a huge pop and if you can manage to hit your brother in the forehead with the cap, then so-be-it!

2006-07-11 00:31:22 · answer #3 · answered by old_but_still_a_child 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

For some mad reason , nestle stopped making the smarties with the plastic lids with letters on, you go to your local corner shop and you will find them in a cardboard tub with a flip up cardbaord lid .... i so perfered the plastic tops.

2006-07-11 00:30:09 · answer #4 · answered by lonely as a cloud 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

I don't know. Why do the lids on smarties have letters on them?

Is this a joke?

2006-07-11 00:27:23 · answer #5 · answered by Simonster 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Smarties tubes had other uses. You can be right or left eyed, just you can be right or left handed. To test, give your child a smartie tube, with the ends taken out and ask them to look through it. They will automatically select the eye they favour. It is said that righthanded, but lefteyed cricketers make the best batsmen!

2006-07-11 01:11:37 · answer #6 · answered by Beebee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

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I do remember that!! I love smarties! I have a box in my purse! yum!!! Do you know how long it takes to melt a smartie in the microwave? 2 minutes! lol My dad told me that the other day, it was on the radio at work.

2016-04-06 00:34:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

"Only smarties have the answer"

LOL..Sorry couldnt resist that one..

" While the removable plastic lids were collected for the letters of the alphabet that were imprinted underneath. "

2006-07-11 00:32:01 · answer #8 · answered by ~Fatally~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Apparently it is for educational purposes for children.

smarties are after all sweets that are really meant for young children, the same as jelly tots and the like.

Not only do they have letters on them but you will notice that they are different colours too.
presumably so the parent can teach their child a colour and a letter every time they buy a tube of smarties.

hope that helps

2006-07-11 00:27:48 · answer #9 · answered by Alistair B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Only Smarties have the answer!

2006-07-11 00:29:38 · answer #10 · answered by Statto 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

why do the lids on smarties have letters on them?

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