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Jelly Belly Candy Co. Mourns Reagan, Its Biggest Fan
Fox News Online (via AP) ^
| 6/8/04
Posted on 06/08/2004 4:56:39 PM PDT by Wolfstar
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FoxNews caption: A portrait of Ronald Reagan made of jelly beans is displayed at the Jelly Belly headquarters in Fairfield, Calif.
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posted on
06/08/2004 4:56:42 PM PDT
by
Wolfstar
To: Wolfstar
Reagan was a former smoker?
And he STILL lived to 93....take that anti-tobacco nazis!
To: Wolfstar
There are jelly beans, and then there are Jelly Bellys. I never heard of Jelly Bellys before Ronald Reagan made them famous, and I haven't eaten a plain ol' jelly bean since.
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posted on
06/08/2004 4:58:32 PM PDT
by
wimpycat
("The road to the promised land runs past Sinai."-C.S. Lewis)
To: Wolfstar
Another of The Gipper's admirable traits - he knew from good jelly beans. Jelly Belly ROCKS.
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:00:54 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(Liberals are social terrorists and seditionists. Treat them as such.........)
To: Wolfstar
First place I checked Saturday evening, but it was too early. Glad to see them honoring him.
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:01:32 PM PDT
by
w1andsodidwe
(Jimmy Carter allowed radical Islam to get a foothold in Iran.)
To: wimpycat
The outpouring of love for this great man here in California is doing my heavy heart a world of good. Can you believe it? Half a million visitors a year to tour the Jelly Belly plant and get a picture taken with a portrait of RWR made out of jelly beans. I never heard about this until now.
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:02:06 PM PDT
by
Wolfstar
(He slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God. Thank you President Reagan.)
To: Viking2002
...he knew from good jelly beans.LOL! You sound like a New Yawka. Although I've lived in California since the late 1970's, I'm originally from New York.
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:03:36 PM PDT
by
Wolfstar
(He slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God. Thank you President Reagan.)
To: Wolfstar
The president, whose favorite flavor was licorice
I had heard it was another flavor, can't remember what though.
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:03:56 PM PDT
by
Vision
(Always Faithful)
To: Vision
What's delightful is that people remembered that about the man, and so many brought jars of jelly beans to the funeral home and the library. In the grand scheme of things, the fact that he like jelly beans is a very small detail, but it's something people must really have enjoyed about RWR.
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:06:47 PM PDT
by
Wolfstar
(He slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God. Thank you President Reagan.)
To: Wolfstar
LOL Maryland, actually. Not too Northern, not too Southern. Cumberland, specifically - home of our kids of the 372nd MP. HA! :-)
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:07:35 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(Liberals are social terrorists and seditionists. Treat them as such.........)
To: wimpycat
Me too. Never heard of them until Reagan mentioned them. Been hooked on the original Jelly Belly ever since. Unfortunately Cosco is my only supplier, but I just couldn't kick the habit.
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:09:40 PM PDT
by
snooker
(Reagan has put the smile back on America's face ... again. Can't you feel it?)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist; Wolfstar
To: onyx; My2Cents; Howlin; doodlelady
Just pinging for your enjoyment in a sea of sad news. Doodlelady, remember what you and I discussed about SAG late yesterday? Contrast their sterile two-paragraph statement with this news from the Jelly Belly company. They put black ribbons around the jelly bean portraits of RWR (which 500,000 people a year have been visiting). The difference between obligatory vs. genuine sentiment.
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:11:04 PM PDT
by
Wolfstar
(He slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God. Thank you President Reagan.)
To: Wolfstar
There was a great cartoon by Joe Heller in today's Wisconsin State Journal showing Reagan from behind standing in front of God...Reagan was removing the lid from a jar..."Care for a jelly bean?"
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:13:07 PM PDT
by
gorush
To: gorush
...and in spite of my excessive manliness, I teared up.
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:15:35 PM PDT
by
gorush
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
And he didn't quit until he was 56.
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:16:02 PM PDT
by
counterpunch
(<-CLICK HERE for my CARTOONS)
To: gorush
To: gorush
That sounds like a really cool cartoon.
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:17:07 PM PDT
by
Wolfstar
(He slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God. Thank you President Reagan.)
To: ServesURight
That's the one, thanks...(and same reaction)
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:17:45 PM PDT
by
gorush
To: Viking2002
Had an Uncle Frank who used to have a farm somewhere outside Baltimore. That's my only tie to Maryland, except that I used to pass through on my way to DC or Florida. [Grin...]
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posted on
06/08/2004 5:18:44 PM PDT
by
Wolfstar
(He slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God. Thank you President Reagan.)
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