red, orange, yellow, green, light brown, dark brown - these are nature's intended colo(u)rs for M&Ms. Blue? No. No. No.
Word.
I miss the light brown-- they were best.
I wanna die in bed surrounded by fat grandchildren, but guess that's off the menu.
Jenny ,'Bring On The Night'
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Trudy Booth - May 03, 2003 12:31:03 pm PDT #4365 of 9843
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Fay - May 03, 2003 12:52:25 pm PDT #4366 of 9843
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
M&Ms are just brightly coloured candy. Pah. Fie upon them. Smarties, now they're chocolates. Oooh yes. And the orange ones are orange chocolate. Mmmm Smarties....
Jim - May 03, 2003 1:15:20 pm PDT #4367 of 9843
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Yes, Betsy, the Red flag is still sung - even (last I saw) at Labour conferences. Mr Tony mumbles it embarrassedly, while the lefties bellow the "AND TRAITORS SNEER!" bit. The they do "Jerusalem" and we all get tearful together.
Cindy - May 03, 2003 1:31:57 pm PDT #4368 of 9843
Nobody
And the orange ones are orange chocolate.
ADULTERATORS!!! (I don't really care if that's a word. Orange tasting chocolate faux M&Ms are dumb, thus they must call themselves Smarties in their efforts to deceive.)
§ ita § - May 03, 2003 1:34:20 pm PDT #4369 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hmm. Now, do Smarties pre-date the M&M, therefore being the one tru candy coated chocolate, or are they more recent, representing the concept being done right?
Cindy - May 03, 2003 1:36:16 pm PDT #4370 of 9843
Nobody
ita - you misspelled: Now, do Smarties pre-date the M&M, therefore being the trial run gone horribly awry, or are they more recent, once again proving the lesson learned with "New Coke", namely, you don't fuck with a classic?
§ ita § - May 03, 2003 1:39:18 pm PDT #4371 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Cindy, it's okay. I don't hold your having been brainwashed by mediocre US chocolate against you. You don't know. You can't understand.
Trudy Booth - May 03, 2003 1:41:02 pm PDT #4372 of 9843
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Smarties have a too high coating to chocolate ratio. I'm sorry.
§ ita § - May 03, 2003 1:44:23 pm PDT #4373 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's a quality not quantity thing, really.
Julie - May 03, 2003 1:48:15 pm PDT #4374 of 9843
Now, do Smarties pre-date the M&M, therefore being the one tru candy coated chocolate, or are they more recent, representing the concept being done right?
The former, apparently, ita.
M&M's were first sold to the public in 1941, packaged in cardboard tubes. In 1948, the packaging changed from a tube to the brown plastic pouch known today. In 1954, "M&M's Peanut Chocolate Candies were introduced. That same year, the M&M's brand characters and the famous slogan "The milk chocolate melts in your mouth, not in your hand" were both trademarked. >[link]
Smarties were launched as Chocolate Beans in 1937. Initially priced at 2d, they were renamed Smarties and packed in the famous tube one year later. The eight original colours - red, yellow, orange, green, mauve, pink, light brown and brown - remained the same until the replacement of the light brown by a blue Smarties following a successful promotion in 1989. Before 1958, the dark brown Smarties had a plain chocolate centre the light brown one tasted of coffee. >[link]At this time, I'll point out that I grew up on smarties. I don't remember M&Ms being available until I was an adult.
Also? I have no idea what this is [link] but I understand the non-UnAms are to blame.