That was really good writing, where we think Buster was some King of the Road type dude, and then you tell us without telling us, otherwise. I am a cat person, and clearly, you are a dog person. Nothing wrong with that at all, but I'm glad to see a cat honored on The Gene Pool. I'm always glad to see a cat honored, period.
I like the peanut ones because they last longer. You can first suck off the candy coating, then the chocolate, and then you get to the crunchy peanut. But... a cautionary tale: I was once playing bridge with my family (a lost form of entertainment, sadly), and was eating peanuts from a bowl between my mother and me. At some point, I observed to the table that the peanuts were kind of damp. My mother, brought to tears with laughter, told me that dish is where she was placing her M&M peanuts that she didn't like to chew with her dentures. That was Mom, gross but funny.
Reese's THINS - frozen. I eat three in bed every night just before I drift off. I don't know why, but it became a routine, and I love it. My husband laughs because I sometimes wake up with an orange piece of plastic stuck to my cheek.
I didn't vote for any of these, because I don't like milk chocolate -- I like dark chocolate. Several years ago, Mars came out with a version of M&Ms consisting of almonds dipped in dark chocolate and covered with a candy shell, but I guess they didn't go over that well -- they disappeared quickly.
I was torn between plain M&Ms (in my prime--when in my cups--I once ate a whole bag) and Snickers, but, like you, I prefer dark chocolate, so my usual desert is one Hershey Special Dark Nugget (plain, though the ones with almonds are good, too). My husband has small York peppermint patties, snack-size Heath bars, and milk chocolate Nuggets.
Snickers was my go-to lunchtime dessert for most of my youth, but I could write a whole Cole Porter song about the various virtues and shortcomings of every candy bar I ever ate (Almond Joy so exotic, PayDay salty but brutal, Zagnut kind of dry and hairy). From among this question’s options, my answer was peanut M&Ms, although I also love peanut butter M&Ms. And I am old enough to have once had a habit of dropping Lance peanuts into bottles of RC Cola.
To be accurate, neither women nor people of color elected Trump. A majority of both groups voted against him. There might be subgroups that did, but the group did not.
Yes my thought exactly. Some women and people of color may have voted for him, but it took a village — led in numbers and in spirit by stupid white people — to *elect* him.
I was a peanut M&M person until fairly recently. There is something about the smush of a peanut butter cup and the slightly gritty paste that collects in one’s molars that is very comforting to me.
I love Reeses cups best. My mother loved peanut m&ms. Those and chiclets helped her kick cigarettes. Soft spot for snickers, too. A snickers bar from the minibar was one of the best meals I ever had. It was dinner after a 24 hour plane flight to Singapore.
Oh clock god: Am I an idiot for not knowing that I needed to move the pendulum to the side to start a grandfather clock? A clock repairman talked me through speeding up a clock we inherited. After I adjusted it, it stopped working, and I freaked out a little. He said “you didn’t know you had to move the pendulum to the side?!”
The only one of those four that I would enjoy would be a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. Life is too short to waste time (and calories) on the waxy crap that Mars Inc. claims is chocolate.
They sell dark chocolate m&ms, and almond m&ms, but not dark chocolate almond m&ms. Unless their website is lying, but that would mean something I read on the internet was wrong.
That was really good writing, where we think Buster was some King of the Road type dude, and then you tell us without telling us, otherwise. I am a cat person, and clearly, you are a dog person. Nothing wrong with that at all, but I'm glad to see a cat honored on The Gene Pool. I'm always glad to see a cat honored, period.
Peanut butter M&Ms. Peanut M&Ms are just a false start on the evolutionary path to the peanut butter ones.
But the actual peanut kind are crunchy, so that makes them better.
I like the peanut ones because they last longer. You can first suck off the candy coating, then the chocolate, and then you get to the crunchy peanut. But... a cautionary tale: I was once playing bridge with my family (a lost form of entertainment, sadly), and was eating peanuts from a bowl between my mother and me. At some point, I observed to the table that the peanuts were kind of damp. My mother, brought to tears with laughter, told me that dish is where she was placing her M&M peanuts that she didn't like to chew with her dentures. That was Mom, gross but funny.
And both of them count as dinner because they contain protein
“Very few cities achieve metonymy.”
Mecca for being a mecca for something.
Timbuktu for a faraway place.
Well, there is Mecca.
What a wonderful and moving story. As a lifelong pet lover, it brought tears. Thank you Gene and Rachel.
Reese's THINS - frozen. I eat three in bed every night just before I drift off. I don't know why, but it became a routine, and I love it. My husband laughs because I sometimes wake up with an orange piece of plastic stuck to my cheek.
He's only laughing because he has gotten away with sticking an orange wrapper to your cheek AGAIN.
What’s really good is plain m&m’s mixed together with salted peanuts. Way better than peanut m&m’s.
Backed another losing candidate. I thought Jesse best because it lets you extend the name when calling the dog home. Jeeeeesseeeee.
My reasoning as well.
I voted for Peanut M&Ms, but I REALLY like Snickers, too, but with so many fake teeth now, it REALLY sticks to them.
I didn't vote for any of these, because I don't like milk chocolate -- I like dark chocolate. Several years ago, Mars came out with a version of M&Ms consisting of almonds dipped in dark chocolate and covered with a candy shell, but I guess they didn't go over that well -- they disappeared quickly.
I was torn between plain M&Ms (in my prime--when in my cups--I once ate a whole bag) and Snickers, but, like you, I prefer dark chocolate, so my usual desert is one Hershey Special Dark Nugget (plain, though the ones with almonds are good, too). My husband has small York peppermint patties, snack-size Heath bars, and milk chocolate Nuggets.
Reese's now comes in dark chocolate. It is the only version worth buying.
The dark chocolate peanut butter cup from Trader Joe’s is amazing.
Snickers was my go-to lunchtime dessert for most of my youth, but I could write a whole Cole Porter song about the various virtues and shortcomings of every candy bar I ever ate (Almond Joy so exotic, PayDay salty but brutal, Zagnut kind of dry and hairy). From among this question’s options, my answer was peanut M&Ms, although I also love peanut butter M&Ms. And I am old enough to have once had a habit of dropping Lance peanuts into bottles of RC Cola.
To be accurate, neither women nor people of color elected Trump. A majority of both groups voted against him. There might be subgroups that did, but the group did not.
Yes my thought exactly. Some women and people of color may have voted for him, but it took a village — led in numbers and in spirit by stupid white people — to *elect* him.
I was a peanut M&M person until fairly recently. There is something about the smush of a peanut butter cup and the slightly gritty paste that collects in one’s molars that is very comforting to me.
I love Reeses cups best. My mother loved peanut m&ms. Those and chiclets helped her kick cigarettes. Soft spot for snickers, too. A snickers bar from the minibar was one of the best meals I ever had. It was dinner after a 24 hour plane flight to Singapore.
That was a lovely story about Buster. 💙
I am sorry to hear your neighborhood is changing, and not for the better…
Oh clock god: Am I an idiot for not knowing that I needed to move the pendulum to the side to start a grandfather clock? A clock repairman talked me through speeding up a clock we inherited. After I adjusted it, it stopped working, and I freaked out a little. He said “you didn’t know you had to move the pendulum to the side?!”
The only one of those four that I would enjoy would be a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. Life is too short to waste time (and calories) on the waxy crap that Mars Inc. claims is chocolate.
Name that canine: I was just about to throw out Wookiee or Skyrizzy. I hope Dexter likes the saxophone.
Almond M&Ms?
Only if they're dark chocolate.
They sell dark chocolate m&ms, and almond m&ms, but not dark chocolate almond m&ms. Unless their website is lying, but that would mean something I read on the internet was wrong.