Bran flakes

[slimfandango]

Why do some people refer to questions on here as 'bran flakes'? Must be an expression what english people use what scottish people dinnae get.

[IndieSinger]

Do you mean why do Bran Flakes get mentioned on this site so much?

The tune to an old advert for Bran Flakes ("They're tasty, tasty, very, very tasty - they're very tasty") crops up often on this site. Many regular users get annoyed at the frequence of questions asking what product "They're tasty tasty" referred to.

[smudge]

At 57, I've never heard of the phrase either - I've only seen it in cereal bowls!

[fairy!]

Whooosh... straight over my head... & I'm 24!

[nicola_red]

It's because we had a rash of Qs asking what ad "tasty, tasty etc" was from a few months ago.  I think it must have been a competition.  Hence Qs which crop up repeatedly and where the users don't seem to have checked whether it has been asked previously are sometimes referred to as 'bran flakes'.