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cynfulcynner
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From: Ocean Beach, San Francisco
|  Posted: 2005-06-14 4:56 pm Permalink
Here's the dope on circus peanuts from Uncle Cecil himself:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_222b.html
"I think they are the horror that is the circus, that flat tin taste of fear and clowns and little lost children amid the cotton candy stink and the piles of elephant doo-doo and the clamor of the midway and the tinny sound of the circus band endlessly wheezing its way through yet another soulless circus fanfare."
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johntiki
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| Posted: 2005-06-14 8:12 pm Permalink
In my opinion they are the two foulest tasting candies I've ever tasted and I've eaten my share of candy - I've got the fillings in my teeth to prove it! The thought of eating either one makes me completely nauseous!
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Formikahini
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| Posted: 2005-06-14 9:10 pm Permalink
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On 2005-06-14 14:49, 8FT Tiki wrote:
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Hahahahaha! 8Ft, un-CANNY the resemblance! 
exCEPT: only the white, bottom third of the candy corn is used.
And johntiki, you probably also hate the candy I love even more: Beich's Banana Bites. Absolutely NOthing even remotely bananine (my new adjective) about them, but I love them.
And Hot Tamales.
And Tootsie Rolls. Zazz!
I think it's the chewy texture these all have in common.
Either that, or I'm attracted to trash.
wait, nobody answer that......
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Unga Bunga
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| Posted: 2005-06-15 12:30 am Permalink
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On 2005-06-14 16:31, Humuhumu wrote:
I'm sure if we wait a few minutes, though, Unga Bunga will post a photo of it.
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Sorry Humu, I'm getting slow in my old age.
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john
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From: Chandler, Arizona
| Posted: 2005-06-15 03:41 am Permalink
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On 2005-06-14 20:12, johntiki wrote:
In my opinion they are the two foulest tasting candies I've ever tasted and I've eaten my share of candy - I've got the fillings in my teeth to prove it! The thought of eating either one makes me completely nauseous!
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next you're gonna say you hate peeps 
oh i wanna hear how a circus peanut saved a life.
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johntiki
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From: MD
| Posted: 2005-06-15 05:11 am Permalink
Hot Tamales, Tootsie Rolls and Peeps are all good in my book but the taste of both Circus Peanuts and Candy Corn turn my stomach... I'm actually getting clammy and my stomach is starting to rumble thinking about putting one of those foul "peanuts" in my mouth. John if I puke I'm gonna blame it on your topic!  (Gotta think positive thoughts like Mike and Ike's or Jolly Joe's that seems to settle my stomach)
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purple jade
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| Posted: 2005-06-15 08:07 am Permalink
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On 2005-06-14 21:10, Formikahini wrote:
Beich's Banana Bites. Absolutely NOthing even remotely bananine (my new adjective) about them, but I love them.
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There is something oddly compelling about that fake bananoid flavoring...and I love those banana/fudgecicles, too.
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dangergirl299
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| Posted: 2005-06-15 11:40 am Permalink
speaking of corn syrup in its many colorful forms, I just read that the makers of TWINKIES are going bankrupt!!
will there be no more Twinkies??
Should I start buying and hoarding them now? AFter all, they will never spoil...
Fear and loathing from TwinkieCentral.com...
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Raffertiki
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From: L.I.
| Posted: 2005-06-15 3:43 pm Permalink
I've been known to polish off a bag of Circus Peanuts.
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Johnny Dollar
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| Posted: 2005-06-15 6:22 pm Permalink
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On 2005-06-15 11:40, dangergirl299 wrote:
will there be no more Twinkies??
Should I start buying and hoarding them now?
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and which men will be "twinkieworthy?" 
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Unga Bunga
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From: CaliTikifornia
| Posted: 2005-06-16 01:16 am Permalink
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and which men will be "twinkieworthy?"
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dangergirl299
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| Posted: 2005-06-16 09:53 am Permalink
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[i]On 2005-06-15 18:22, Johnny Dollar wrote
and which men will be "twinkieworthy?"
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That IS the question!
I'll let you know when I find one!
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CheekyGirl
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From: Like Oh My Gawd..San Fernando Valley
| Posted: 2005-06-16 5:22 pm Permalink
Humu, you've perked my interest. I'll have to hear the tale when I see you again.
And my vote is for candy corn!
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Johnny Dollar
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| Posted: 2005-06-16 6:46 pm Permalink
unga win the seinfeld reference 
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Trader Woody
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From: Tiki Manor, Forest of Bowland,UK
| Posted: 2005-06-17 09:51 am Permalink
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On 2005-06-14 16:31, Humuhumu wrote:
I'm sure if we wait a few minutes, though, Unga Bunga will post a photo of it.
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Ha ha ha! I just laughed so hard a candy corn came out my nose! (And they don't even sell them over here.....)
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