Marc (Andre) Rameil Green - Winner !
Usage 28: Reunions
This is what it’s all been about. Pouring over keyboards day and night, nursing migraines from excessive use of the brain, and wrestling with Photoshop - for the opportunity to reunite with family. In some competitions, it’s just about the winning. In this case, it is only about family.
Usage 27: Patriotism
I say let the German’s have their saur kraut, the Hungarian’s their gulash, and (arguably) the Brit’s their Sunday roast, because unless you’ve grown up on it, I’m quietly confident they’re happy to let me stake a claim to Marmite. Marmite, understood by patriotic Kiwis for 100 years.
30 October 10 at 1:27pm
Keep the Marmite energy working, you are doing a great job
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30 October 10 at 5:09pm
vote 997 ! goood luck.. only a few days left :/
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Usage 26: Telling the Time
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30 October 10 at 12:50am
Lisa and Imogen have asked me to send a vote over. #977.
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Usage 25: Practising caution
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29 October 10 at 7:10pm
Mate you are the idea's man. Absolutely excellent. Just make sure you keep eating your Marmite to keep you going.
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29 October 10 at 11:22pm
Good Luck Marc! don't know you but always enjoy your posts. Hope you win a flight home!
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Usage 24: Keeping the wife happy
If this doesn't get me in Marmite's favourites, nothing will. Taxi to Dusseldorf Airport -- 15.00 Euro Airfare to Heathrow -- 500.00 Euro Heathrow Express to Paddington -- 32.00 GBP Pot of original Sanitarium Marmite -- priceless.
29 October 10 at 2:22am
Great Video! Here's vote 952 from Leah Swans Camp! Good Luck Marc!
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29 October 10 at 3:57am
Today's vote from me - as Lisa Mc says, hopefully you will break the 1,000 barrier, I'm chasing it myself :-D
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29 October 10 at 5:16am
Always knew you were one of the most dedicated people I know. In the immortal words of Simon Cowell - it's a 'Yes' from me.
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Usage 23: Friendship
OK. So it's public knowledge that my wife is "running rings around me" in this competition. Well, I couldn't be happier for her! If she and the boys head home this Christmas, I'll still have my friend Marmite with me. We enjoy playing jokes on each other ...
27 October 10 at 7:16pm
Mate, Marmite sure turns the light on inside the head doesn't it, you are coming through with excellent, real Marmite ideas.
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28 October 10 at 2:26am
Great effort I could see it as an actual Ad. Good luck mate!
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Usage 22: Manufacturing
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27 October 10 at 11:57pm
this is so cute! will vote for you good luck
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Usage 21: On the move
And I thought they were joking - there is an app for everything. Marmite, still surprising me after all these years (100 of them in fact).
25 October 10 at 11:00pm
Get this Kiwi home for Christmas Marmite!
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Usage 20: Geeking out
If the world were a database...
24 October 10 at 6:17am
I have to think that you and the fam will be home for chrissy!..Come on MARMITE lets get this family home! :)
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26 October 10 at 12:21am
if you do another one of these would that make it a sequel?
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26 October 10 at 8:30am
Ah this is very clever, love it! Here's hoping that you and the rest of your family all get home for Xmas.
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Usage 19: Mind Tricks
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22 October 10 at 9:17pm
Very clever, Marmite sure keeps the mind working well. Keep on keeping on with Marmite
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Usage 18: Punctuation
Marmite, dotting the i's and crossing the t's for about a century now.
21 October 10 at 10:15pm
Good on you! Keep up the good work, hope to see you in Auckland soon. Roger and Jane
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22 October 10 at 12:37am
Wow. Where do these ideas come from? NZ needs you. Get back home. x
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22 October 10 at 3:06pm
# 655 from a Jamie Morris supporter. May Marmite fly you both home among the one-hundred kiwis. Cheers Marc!
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Usage 17: Making Friends
Last week I was in Stockholm where I met this Swedish guy (funnily enough). Having learnt I was from NZ, the conversation quickly transitioned to Milford Sound, Queenstown, Akaroa, and of course I had to bring up Marmite. He admitted to not owning a Marmite tee-shirt, but ditching the traditional shirt and slacks he came into work the following day proudly sporting this $45 beauty. Marmite, world famous in Stockholm for about 10 decades now.
20 October 10 at 12:13pm
Love your page...there are some very creative Kiwis in this contest! Hope Marmite Takes You and Me home! Good Luck!!
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20 October 10 at 3:00pm
Vote 606 for you from the Emily Lauder team!
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20 October 10 at 8:28pm
Keep up the good pace, the race only starts once the Marmite kicks in.
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Usage 16: Scheduling
I think I can safely speak on behalf of most entrants into their schedule this month. These days my life is monopolised by Marmite: my dreams consumed with Marmite, my thoughts dominated with “usage ideas” for Marmite, my conversations with those voting for me about Marmite, my toast smothered in Marmite. I’m available next month though. December I hope to spend in NZ.
19 October 10 at 10:55am
Marmite updates are on my daily schedule for sure
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Usage 15:
The kids are loving the Marmite, but not just on their toast, crackers, sandwiches, ... Marmite even features in their lego games these days. Here's a little something I captured today. Marmite, helping to set the scene, since 1910.
18 October 10 at 9:40pm
here's vote # 525 from one of Emily Lauder's Team Good Luck Marc
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Usage 14: Budgeting
Marmite, helping Kiwi's make ends meet, for 100 years.
17 October 10 at 7:14am
wooooohooooo I'm your #500 vote...You go boy! :)
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18 October 10 at 7:12pm
522 from a Jake West supporter - Great Usage 14
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Usage 13: Catching Practise
Here we are leaving our wedding, and I almost forgot my Marmite. Good thing my Best Man’s on hand to chuck it to me. If it wasn’t my Best Man throwing me my Marmite, then he should’ve been. Marmite, separating the best from the rest, since 1910.
16 October 10 at 7:54pm
If this stuff will hold a marriage together, I want some too!
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21 October 10 at 7:25am
ok...I want to see more of these wedding pictures!!!
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Usage number 12: Kiwi(ana) Support
Marmite, it's the bees knees.
12 October 10 at 3:30pm
We really hope you'll bee home this christmas
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Usage number 11: Practical Jokes
This joke is possibly older than Marmite. And, just like Marmite, is still fashionable. Marmite – aging nicely, since 1910.
11 October 10 at 11:30am
Scary !! Here is a vote from a Leah Swan supporter ... all the best Andre # 337
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11 October 10 at 6:01pm
Another Leah Swan supporter .. what is it with your family !!! hahaha! You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours!! hee Hee! Good Luck for getting home. # 339
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12 October 10 at 9:14am
Hey bro. Don't know if you noticed before posting the photo but it seems you got something on your face around your eyes. Maybe from the binoculars? :-)
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Usage number 10: Tmink (black out)
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9 October 10 at 3:37am
This must be the fast way to spead it on when you're in a hurry.
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Usage number 9: Education
“A” is for Apple, just ask any 3 year old. "B" for Bear is debatable. But there's no argument what "M" stands for. Marmite – helping Kiwi’ites learn their alphabet for o-n-e h-u-n-d-r-e-d years.
7 October 10 at 6:25pm
L is for love Marmite. E is for everyone says the same.
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8 October 10 at 7:06pm
O is for orginality. you must win on your efforts and ideas. Must be the Marmite you eat feeding the brain.
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Usage number 8: Strength
Marmite - keeping Kiwi's strong since MDCCCCX.
5 October 10 at 11:00pm
That's your secret! Right all I have to do now is let Martin Johnson know that the England rugby team should have marmite for breakfast, lunch and dinner!
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19 October 10 at 11:37am
Hey I remember these guys, I had a few of their comics! Heres vote 586 for you, good luck Marc!
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Usage number 7: Mathematics
Marmite - solving equations for ((x+3)(x-4))*0+100 years.
Usage number 6: Keeping that Man
Ladies – it’s your turn. Feigning an interest in Rugby, or pretending you actually understand Cricket’s rulebook is common these days, and is a bluff which is sometimes called. Your response to a bluff could be the most fateful phrase uttered since Beth Heke suggested that her brother in law would perhaps like to take care of his own culinary request. In the event of a brandishing assault of orange ovaled Trivial Pursuit questions, one antidote is the ‘distraction’ method. Marmite on crackers is the most successfully practiced technique, although if crackers or time are in short supply, a heaped teaspoon of luscious Marmite has been proven to work also. Ladies, just as gravity is not completely understood, it is something we need to accept and live with. So too is life with the Kiwi male. Marmite – letting men think they know more, since 1910.
1 October 10 at 3:48pm
My family lives over the ocean My family lives over the sea My family lives over the ocean Oh bring back my family to me Bring back Bring back Marmite bring back my family to me!!!
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5 October 10 at 9:00pm
So what can I distract Mitchell with while over here in Germany? This concept could come in handy
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6 October 10 at 2:52am
Rosalie, I love your song. You all are so creative!
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Usage number 5: Romance
Men – listen up. Romance has stepped up a notch from a bunch of dahlias from your local garage, and chocolates these days are perceived more as a statement of apology rather than one of love and romance. If you really want to say ‘I love you’, you need to employ your creative side. It is hypothesised that the male Romantic and Creative Lobe’s are located on separate sides of the brain, often competing for blood cells with the larger neighbouring masses - ‘Interest-in-fast-cars’ and ‘Control-of-the-TV-remote’ lobes respectively. The DIY romance conundrum is these days further aggravated by a lack of inspiration by more traditional methods like rummaging through your girlfriend’s favourite Women’s magazine. Here’s where Marmite can help. Let your creative juices overflow with concepts ranging from writing “I love you” across the bathroom mirror in Marmite, to leaving a trail of toasted Marmite breadcrumbs to the couch where “When Harry Met Sally” is poised to commence. The metaphorical cherry on the top in the latter scenario is to fight the urge and let her ‘man’ the remote. Marmite – strengthening Kiwi relationships for 100 years.
29 September 10 at 3:47pm
Andre, you're a genius. If ever you were looking for a new vocation, advertising would have to be the way to go. 'Marmite' would surely benefit.
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6 October 10 at 2:54am
If this stuff can make my husband romantic, I'll take a case of it!
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16 October 10 at 9:05am
Man this is my hubby, he has marmite sammies four times a day!!
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Usage number 4: Fake Tan
This usage would only be mildly humouring if it was fiction. The fact that it happened is pure genius. I'll level with you, I’m not 100% sure of the final concoction, with some of the finer details being vague, but it involves 2 parts warm water to 1 part Marmite, adding more Marmite to darken the complexion. Application with a knife (butter, not serrated) is best, but if in a rush the index finger will suffice. Ensure you apply it evenly, and don’t miss your eye lids or every blink would give the game up (and then you’d just look silly). Approximately half a jar is required for a complete body tan. Such ingenuity should make Kiwi’s everywhere proud! Finally, if anyone could help with the finer details, perhaps enhancing the recipe, I would love to hear your comments.
28 September 10 at 8:52am
I prefer a more subtle look. I just use it as bronze on my cheekbones.
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28 September 10 at 11:13am
a spoonfull of Marmite a day keeps the doctor away.
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Usage number 3: Fashion
Before Pumpkin Patch spotted the children’s fashion gap in the market, fashion was reserved for puberty. When I was growing up there was little choice, where wearing Stubbies was only just the preferable option to walking around in my undies. So Stubbies it was. For those who don’t know or remember Stubbies, they were a brand of shorts apparel adopted by Aussie Rules players, and inspired by a fashion student with a sense of humour. Plain shorts could easily be Adidas-idized with 3 snazzy Marmite stripes down either side. (Disclaimer: doesn’t work so well on rainy days).
28 September 10 at 12:05am
Brilliant I love it, here's a vote fro you Marc, Best of luck!!! Joh & Ais
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Usage number 2: Mo-mite
This Marmite usage whips up a frenzied storm of nostalgia for me. As a child, my school morning routine consisted of Marmite on toast (no butter), followed shortly after with a mad dash for the door, but was usually intercepted by my waiting mother to i) comb my hair, and ii) douse a hanky in saliva to erase my Marmite moustache. My nostrils are still haunted with the scent. Hmm, come to think of it, I’m not sure “nostalgia’s” the right word to use here…
28 September 10 at 2:44am
Go Dad! Please Marmite, help my dad win so he can be on the plane with us!
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28 September 10 at 4:41am
Yes, get this homesick family home.
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2 October 10 at 8:26am
Aaah- I remember those hankies. Mum used to pull them out of nowhere like a magician at a County Fair. Thanks Mum for keeping us clean
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Usage number 1: Nutella Substitute
This is a great trick you can play here in Germany. The German’s are nuts about Nutella – a smooth, dark coloured breakfast spread comprised mainly of chocolate and nuts. As a general rule, this spread is applied so generously, that it more than doubles the width of the bread. Quietly leaving a pot of Marmite on the table, an unsuspecting German will apply the same treatment using Marmite. The resulting facial expression is priceless! It twists the face far more than an 18 year old’s first sip of straight whiskey.
27 September 10 at 8:47am
I remember when Thomas did that at our house!
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28 September 10 at 4:42am
Bring me a jar of this stuff when you come back from your trip home. I want to try it.
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2 October 10 at 8:27am
I bet you a jar of Marmite that Thomas still remembers it too.
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The "Multiple Uses of Marmite" entry:
Everything has multiple uses. Just ask my children – wine glasses (a wedding gift I hasten to add) ‘could’ be used as drumsticks, or salt (a substitute for sugar) in a much needed morning cup of coffee. More recently some advice-come-kiwi-ingenuity was to fill small holes left by hanging pictures in a recently departed apartment, using toothpaste.
Continuing with this train of thought, I will endeavour to enter a “multiple uses for Marmite” entry. I’ll commit to 5 usages of Marmite per week until the conclusion of this competition.
28 September 10 at 4:43am
I've done the tooth paste thing too!
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Initial Plea
I want to come home.
23 September 10 at 7:56am
Got my vote (even if it is a work in progress)
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28 September 10 at 8:49am
This is one of the best posts I've seen. Honest, straight to the point. Marmite, you gotta send the Green family home.
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2 October 10 at 8:29am
With Literaty Talent like this I can stop buying those Bill Bryson books. Missing your humour bro.
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26 September 10 at 9:04pm
Nana,who has always been a HUGE fan of Marmitr is really looking forward to seeing you all again at Xmas.
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1022 votes
Judging
Sure, you may have 100,000 facebook friends to vote for you but it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re on the plane. It’s a quality, then quantity rule round here. We’ll be making our decision based on originality and creativity, how well your entry fits with the values of the Marmite brand, then popularity.
31 October 10 at 8:37pm
Marc you deserve a ticket home. You have the most stylish and practical entry in this competition. I know you were hoping to catch up to your wife and boys, but with 3 gorgeous kids, I have to say you had no chance. Still I think you held your own in this competition, your entries are very unique and you got over 1000 votes! All the best. Schöne Grüße, Lisa
Report this comment31 October 10 at 8:47pm
I can't believe it has taken me all day to get this far. However, I'm staying positive - just let me know when you think you will be arriving. As the song goes, 'Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye'.
Report this comment31 October 10 at 10:27pm
2nd to last vote to you Marc for the most ingenious entry I've seen. Good luck to you. x
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