When they first arrived in Australia, my mum used to call 7-11 “4-7-11”, because the TV jingle went “Thank heaven… for Seven Eleven!”
In Swanston Street, just a few doors down from the 7-11 on the corner of Flinders Lane, is a fake 7-11: the 24-7 Cafe, with a colour scheme that is similar, but not identical to, a real 7-11. I wonder how many people walk into the 24-7 without looking carefully, and assuming it’s a 7-11?
- Wikipedia: 7-Eleven — wow, they’ve been going since the 1920s, with the name first being used in 1946.
- Memories of the 7-11
PS. Everything I said last year about petrol prices at Easter still applies.
7 replies on “Not quite 7-11”
PPsfffh. All this whining about petrol prices. Demand for petrol is higher at Easter: people want to drive away on holiday. Prices have to be higher, otherwise stations and refineries would run out of fuel. Besides, $1.50 a litre isn’t that expensive. I might understand the bleating at $5 a litre, but at a $1.50: suck it up you big girlie whinger.
With us moving to a new estate sometime in the near future, I’m hoping that the local supermarket will be built and open close to when we move in, as there’s no 7-11s in that area, nor will there be simple milk bars. I think that’s one thing that will be a loss for our emergency shops.
Josh, yep.
Rae, maybe that’s a business opportunity! Open a Milk Bar! You’ve got experience, haven’t you??
According to ch7 news tonight, some Caltex outlets have already run out of standard unleaded.
Daniel, 4711 use to be a very popular perfume in the 70’s. maybe your mum remembered that and that is why she called it 4-711. I know my aunties use to because they all wore it.
Astrid said it for me.
Seems like if they are now open 24 hours, it could be called “7-Eleven AND 11-Seven”.