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Questions regarding Peanut Butter M&M's
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| 7/29/09
| Me
Posted on 07/29/2009 10:52:19 AM PDT by the_devils_advocate_666
I just purchased a package of Peanut Butter M&M's that has led me to ponder three things:
- Why does the name M&M's contain an apostrophe-s?
- Why is the package Net weight 1.63 oz.? Maybe related to a metric measure you might suggest. Well they also list that at 46.2g. Why not 1.5 oz. or 50g?
- Why can't they balance the colors? There's always at least one under represented color. My package has 6 blue, 6 orange, 5 green, 4 brown, 3 yellow, and only 2 red.
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: candy; colors; mms; weight
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To: the_devils_advocate_666
My package has 6 blue, 6 orange, 5 green, 4 brown, 3 yellow, and only 2 red. ..you might want to contact the Department of Indian Affairs so they can sue for proper representation...(the "how" Indian, not the *pointing to the forehead*)
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posted on
07/29/2009 11:00:10 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: the_devils_advocate_666
I know virtually nothing about M&M’s, but I suspect that insofar as the weight is concerned is tgat at some earlier date the package weighed more and rather than raising the price the reduced the weight.
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posted on
07/29/2009 11:00:10 AM PDT
by
monocle
To: Travis T. OJustice
Did you know that if you put an M&M in a glass of water with the “M” facing up that it will eventually separate and slide off? It isn’t printed on there it is actually a thin film of paper stuck on there.
To: noname07718
"You have entirely too much time on your hands." Beat me to it.
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posted on
07/29/2009 11:01:01 AM PDT
by
OldDeckHand
(No Socialized Medicine, No Way, No How, No Time)
To: JustaDumbBlonde
M & M’s are available for purchase at craft stores, in large quantities, of individual colors, in individual bags. Don’t know about the weight. You can get all the blues your heart desires!
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posted on
07/29/2009 11:01:31 AM PDT
by
freeagle
To: the_devils_advocate_666
These are important questions, and I for one am glad to see that someone was finally brave enough to address them.
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posted on
07/29/2009 11:01:52 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: the_devils_advocate_666
Just enjoy the M&M’s and relax way too much thought involved in eating a bag of candy! LOL
But if you want a conspiracy the blue ones contain a chemical that make you stupid and therefore move to Rio-Linda and vote Democrat....Our RNC operatives managed to sneak in and plant the two Red ones (Code name DEEP Chocolate).........Take the RED ONE’s and your will be contacted.......LOL
To: the_devils_advocate_666
Well, you obviously stole Mr. M&M’s candy. He even wrote his name on the package. He didn’t have much space to write “This bag of candy belongs to M&M”, so he just made it possessive with an apostrophe.
I’m telling on you... eating that nice man’s bag of candy.
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posted on
07/29/2009 11:02:40 AM PDT
by
autumnraine
(You can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out!)
To: the_devils_advocate_666
"I like to eat them one at a time. My wife eats them by the handful and I think thats just wrong." Interesting. My wife does the same thing with french fries - eats them one at a time. It drives me up a wall, and has for more than 25 years.
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posted on
07/29/2009 11:02:46 AM PDT
by
OldDeckHand
(No Socialized Medicine, No Way, No How, No Time)
To: the_devils_advocate_666
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posted on
07/29/2009 11:03:21 AM PDT
by
envisio
(95% of blacks voted for Hussein, but the whites are told to get past skin color.)
To: the_devils_advocate_666
They've been testing blue M&M's on rats. Be careful. Be very careful.
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posted on
07/29/2009 11:03:25 AM PDT
by
Sundog
(Lord Obama wants an African kleptocracy. Forget about a republic. Forget about a democracy.)
To: Travis T. OJustice
that’s cuz it’s....
“Bush’s fault”!
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posted on
07/29/2009 11:03:37 AM PDT
by
bigbob
To: the_devils_advocate_666
Are you serious?
I wish I had your time to ponder these idiotic things.
Lay off the weed!
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posted on
07/29/2009 11:04:34 AM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: the_devils_advocate_666
“Why can’t they balance the colors?”
You have to wait for the vernal and autumnal equinoxes. Then you can balance them.
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posted on
07/29/2009 11:05:16 AM PDT
by
green pastures
(Soylent green? More like solvent green: health care reform to kill folks and 'save' social security.)
To: jakerobins
It is all economics—cheaper dyes = more of that specific color. May not seem like much $$$$, but when manufacturing millions of MM’s, those fractions of a penny all add up.
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posted on
07/29/2009 11:05:17 AM PDT
by
nymomx2
To: the_devils_advocate_666
Why can't they balance the colors? There's always at least one under represented color. My package has 6 blue, 6 orange, 5 green, 4 brown, 3 yellow, and only 2 red. That I can answer. All color M&M's are dumped into a hopper where a certain number are then dropped into the little bag. To have the colors equal they would have to have six hoppers and the bag would have to stop six times. This would be a waste of space, time and money.
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posted on
07/29/2009 11:05:20 AM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(I miss the competent fiscal policy and flag waving patriotism of the Carter Administration)
To: the_devils_advocate_666
To answer your “why” -
WHY NOT?
It’s because they CAN.
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posted on
07/29/2009 11:05:29 AM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: the_devils_advocate_666
The same reason that the
legal definition of a dollar is 371.25 grains of fine silver?
ML/NJ
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posted on
07/29/2009 11:05:35 AM PDT
by
ml/nj
To: the_devils_advocate_666
Why can't they balance the colors? There's always at least one under represented color. My package has 6 blue, 6 orange, 5 green, 4 brown, 3 yellow, and only 2 red. The colors are balanced - buy a whole "run" you'll get exact representation. What you would do with a few hundred pounds of M&M's might be a larger problem...
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posted on
07/29/2009 11:06:00 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
To: the_devils_advocate_666
What a coincidence!
There’s presently a $500 million government study devoted to these same three questions.
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