Comments on: Cherry Bomb

By: Joshua

Joshua — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:57:19 +0000

I have eaten cherry-flavored Marshmallow Twists in the past, and never thought anything negative about them. I actually bought a box this year after reading this post. Guess what? I still like them.

They have no discernable cherry flavor, though.

By: Elyrest

Elyrest — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:14:50 +0000

Matthew, I have found an amazing number of people that are more likely to do something because they hear an invisible voice rather than listen to reason and common sense.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:51:36 +0000

Spiritcatcher, why is “enforcing a ban by religious law… a perfect solution”? Do you imply that people won’t do something that makes sense but will do something if one man says that he heard it from an invisible voice?

No, Lost in A, while oysters spawn, they are grumpy & will use those switchblades if you try to interrupt them to, say, eat them.

By: Lost in A**2

Lost in A**2 — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:37:35 +0000

I’d heard that the reason to not eat warm-water oysters was
that spawning ruins their texture.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:48:20 +0000

Re: David - “In the cold months, oysters are less likely to carry something that will kill you.”

In the summer months, many young hoodlum oysters walk the streets carrying small handguns, switchblade knives and other things that will kill you.

By: David

David — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:43:01 +0000

Spiritcatcher, the issue with shellfish is the number of very nasty diseases they can carry, much worse when the water is warmer. That’s where the rule of, “eat oysters only in months with an ‘R’” comes from. In the cold months, oysters are less likely to carry something that will kill you.

By: cryptoguy

cryptoguy — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:05:10 +0000

I know this is getting OT, but if you can have one peep related link, you can have another:

The Stations of the Peeps:
http://www.doriabiddle.com/Stations1.html
probably funniest if you’re Catholic.

By: Spiritcatcher

Spiritcatcher — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:14:14 +0000

some scientists found out that Jewish dietary laws make *perfect* sense from the viewing point of agricultural balance - 2000 years ago and in that exact climate, that is.

for example, raising pigs is only efficient if you have scraps to feed, and very bad for your irrigation system … so that’s a big no-no in arid pre-industrial climate. and enforcing a ban by religous law was a perfect solution. i don’t remember the reasons about not fishing shellfish and crabs off the Palestine coast, but that made sense too …

By: David N

David N — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:29:47 +0000

Well Bill, I looked last night at my grocery store and at a large drug store. I couldn’t find them in either place, so I guess no personal testing for me. Probably being in New Mexico has something to do with it. Mays be they’re saving me from myself.

By: turquoise cow

turquoise cow — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:37:46 +0000

it’s possible that the stores get a sort of package deal on the marshmallow things that they only get if they buy all the flavors, even the kinds that don’t really sell. so the stores are forced to buy every flavor or pay a higher cost.

i worked in a supermarket for many years, and several days after a holiday one of our managers often simply gave away the leftover candy…i remember handing out packages of candy corn to every customer that came through. their explanation was that even if they marked it down to half price and sold every single package (which wasn’t likely), they’d be losing money, so they might as well simply dispose of the excess inventory before it all went stale. does that stuff even go stale, ever?

i heard afterward that she got in a lot of trouble with some higher-up for doing that, even though it made sense.