What I Love. Part 2

limegreenc · 08-18-2013, 09:15 PM

There used to be a candy store in town that sold 100's of the type of candy we had as kids. It was expensive, but worth it just to hear everyone's stories of how much a nickel got you.
Do you remember-wafer spaceships with the colored candy inside, bottle caps, 'black' babies, black balls, 'koo-koo', fudge cars, red wax hot lips, cinnamon toothpicks, black licorice cigars, Swedish berries, Popeye cigarettes, jawbreakers, malt balls, spearmint leaves, string licorice in green, red, and purple. We'd eat so much we'd be sick, and if your father sent you for his smokes he'd give you enough to buy a drumstick.
Aah, life as a kid had it's good points

Lamplighter · 08-18-2013, 10:45 PM

Your list doesn't include Double-Bubble bubble gum.
.. a unique taste that is identifiable 60 years later.

BigV · 08-18-2013, 11:13 PM

Double bubble is the bubble gum of last resort. Bazooka bubble gum is the best, BY FAR.

Lamplighter · 08-19-2013, 12:09 AM

Aw V, you were just taken in by the military picture cards.

Sundae · 08-19-2013, 06:09 AM

Nope. None of the above is familiar to me.

BigV · 08-19-2013, 11:39 AM

Comics, my man, comics.

Gravdigr · 08-20-2013, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

...Double-Bubble bubble gum...

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

Bazooka bubble gum is the best, BY FAR.

You folks are telling on yerselves, agewise...Bubble Yum has been the goto since I was a kid.

Gravdigr · 08-20-2013, 04:18 PM

Red Vines.

Dumdums. Root beer dumdums.

The original (rectangular) Jolly Ranchers.

Zero candy bars.

BigV · 08-20-2013, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

You folks are telling on yerselves, agewise...Bubble Yum has been the goto since I was a kid.

dude. REAL bubblegum doesn't come in "flavors"

Gravdigr · 08-20-2013, 04:36 PM

BubbleYum was originally reglar ol' pink gum, it was just softer. The flavors followed shortly after.

I think.

limegreenc · 08-21-2013, 09:43 PM

What was that 'chew' that was beige/brown and impossibly hard to chew or break off? anybody out there know what I mean?

BigV · 08-22-2013, 10:50 AM

Sugar Daddy

Gravdigr · 08-23-2013, 07:54 AM

Charleston Chew?

ETA: I remember getting a Sugar Daddy in the bag at Halloween. I thought I'd hit the motherlode, it was so much bigger than anything else in the bag.

glatt · 08-23-2013, 07:59 AM

The Sugar Daddy was drool city. And not so healthy or good for your teeth. But you can't complain about false advertising.

limegreenc · 08-23-2013, 03:34 PM

Sugar daddy wins it

08-18-2013, 09:15 PM	#1
limegreenc shed door curio Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 406	What I Love. Part 2 There used to be a candy store in town that sold 100's of the type of candy we had as kids. It was expensive, but worth it just to hear everyone's stories of how much a nickel got you. Do you remember-wafer spaceships with the colored candy inside, bottle caps, 'black' babies, black balls, 'koo-koo', fudge cars, red wax hot lips, cinnamon toothpicks, black licorice cigars, Swedish berries, Popeye cigarettes, jawbreakers, malt balls, spearmint leaves, string licorice in green, red, and purple. We'd eat so much we'd be sick, and if your father sent you for his smokes he'd give you enough to buy a drumstick. Aah, life as a kid had it's good points

08-18-2013, 11:13 PM	#3
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Double bubble is the bubble gum of last resort. Bazooka bubble gum is the best, BY FAR. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-19-2013, 06:09 AM	#5
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Nope. None of the above is familiar to me. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

08-19-2013, 11:39 AM	#6
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Comics, my man, comics. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-20-2013, 04:18 PM	#8
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Red Vines. Dumdums. Root beer dumdums. The original (rectangular) Jolly Ranchers. Zero candy bars. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

08-18-2013, 10:45 PM	#2
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Your list doesn't include Double-Bubble bubble gum. .. a unique taste that is identifiable 60 years later.

08-19-2013, 12:09 AM	#4
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Aw V, you were just taken in by the military picture cards.

08-20-2013, 04:36 PM	#10
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	BubbleYum was originally reglar ol' pink gum, it was just softer. The flavors followed shortly after. I think. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

08-21-2013, 09:43 PM	#11
limegreenc shed door curio Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 406	What was that 'chew' that was beige/brown and impossibly hard to chew or break off? anybody out there know what I mean?

08-22-2013, 10:50 AM	#12
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Sugar Daddy __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-23-2013, 07:54 AM	#13
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Charleston Chew? ETA: I remember getting a Sugar Daddy in the bag at Halloween. I thought I'd hit the motherlode, it was so much bigger than anything else in the bag. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

08-23-2013, 07:59 AM	#14
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	The Sugar Daddy was drool city. And not so healthy or good for your teeth. But you can't complain about false advertising.

08-23-2013, 03:34 PM	#15
limegreenc shed door curio Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 406	Sugar daddy wins it

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