2/1/2005: M&Ms sorter

Undertoad · 02-01-2005, 10:44 AM

Farked today, and making the rounds, is this M&Ms sorter built from a kit. Yes, for only $168 you can sort your M&Ms by color using automation.

I would say I want one, but I don't; this place will sell you specific colors and even custom messages. But a better option is to get a round-trip to Vegas and visit the M&Ms World store where they sell even more single colors... by the pound.

Happy Monkey · 02-01-2005, 11:10 AM

It's an ingenious mechanism. Plus, it's vertatile - you can use it for Skittles and SweetTarts, too!

Troubleshooter · 02-01-2005, 11:17 AM

Somebody PM Wolf! Quick!

wolf · 02-01-2005, 12:15 PM

Awwww, somebody remembered about my little "problem".

Cool idea, although I find that I like the zen like experience of hand-counting. When it comes time to sort the big bucket o' change into rolls to take to the bank, I do that by hand also, despite having more than one clever coin sorting and counting devices at my disposal.

I'm going to send this to my friend who is also an M&M sorter, although she does it for obsessive compulsive reasons and then eats them in order from largest to smallest in number, including the blue ones.

Elspode · 02-01-2005, 12:17 PM

Does she wash her hands before and after handling each one?

wolf · 02-01-2005, 12:23 PM

Good question, but no. She's just a sorter.

Most of her obsessive-compulsive tendencies are put to good use because she is a quilter.

lookout123 · 02-01-2005, 12:29 PM

LOL - wolf i misread your statement. i thought you said most of her tendencies are put to good use because she is a "quitter".

i was going to say, that doesn't sound very OCD to me.

garnet · 02-01-2005, 12:49 PM

I have a friend who won't eat blue M&Ms because she thinks they taste "funny"--she says it has something to do with an ingredient in the blue food coloring. I haven't had M&M's in a while, is there any truth to this? Or is she just as wacky as I've always suspected?

wolf · 02-01-2005, 12:55 PM

I shun them not because they are blue, but because they are actually tan and have gone bad.

Sordid details here.

garnet · 02-01-2005, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

I shun them not because they are blue, but because they are actually tan and have gone bad.

Sordid details here.

Quite entertaining--I had no idea this problem was so far-reaching. I will advise my friend to save her uneaten blue M&Ms and return them in exchange for the aforementioned coupons.

Buckethead · 02-01-2005, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

I shun them not because they are blue, but because they are actually tan and have gone bad.

Sordid details here.

But blue cheese used to be tan, and the blue is actually an indication that it's gone *good*. Microorganisms do a lot of great things for food, don't shun them needlessly.

dar512 · 02-01-2005, 03:16 PM

Wolf - You might also want to avoid the red ones. The red coloring is made from squished bugs.

YellowBolt · 02-01-2005, 03:29 PM

Ah yes... the carmine dilemma. I remember getting freaked out in eighth grade when some guy told this to us... hence why I tend to avoid many yogurts now.

Undertoad · 02-01-2005, 04:37 PM

Lac beetle juice maybe not in M&Ms, but definitely in Junior Mints:

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_118.html

dar512 · 02-01-2005, 04:52 PM

Not lac beetle (at least I don't think so) but cochineal from which carmine is made.

02-01-2005, 10:44 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	2/1/2005: M&Ms sorter Farked today, and making the rounds, is this M&Ms sorter built from a kit. Yes, for only $168 you can sort your M&Ms by color using automation. I would say I want one, but I don't; this place will sell you specific colors and even custom messages. But a better option is to get a round-trip to Vegas and visit the M&Ms World store where they sell even more single colors... by the pound.

02-01-2005, 11:10 AM	#2
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	It's an ingenious mechanism. Plus, it's vertatile - you can use it for Skittles and SweetTarts, too! __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-01-2005, 11:17 AM	#3
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Somebody PM Wolf! Quick! __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

02-01-2005, 12:15 PM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Awwww, somebody remembered about my little "problem". Cool idea, although I find that I like the zen like experience of hand-counting. When it comes time to sort the big bucket o' change into rolls to take to the bank, I do that by hand also, despite having more than one clever coin sorting and counting devices at my disposal. I'm going to send this to my friend who is also an M&M sorter, although she does it for obsessive compulsive reasons and then eats them in order from largest to smallest in number, including the blue ones. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-01-2005, 12:17 PM	#5
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Does she wash her hands before and after handling each one? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

02-01-2005, 12:23 PM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Good question, but no. She's just a sorter. Most of her obsessive-compulsive tendencies are put to good use because she is a quilter. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-01-2005, 12:29 PM	#7
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	LOL - wolf i misread your statement. i thought you said most of her tendencies are put to good use because she is a "quitter". i was going to say, that doesn't sound very OCD to me. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

02-01-2005, 12:49 PM	#8
garnet ... Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 657	I have a friend who won't eat blue M&Ms because she thinks they taste "funny"--she says it has something to do with an ingredient in the blue food coloring. I haven't had M&M's in a while, is there any truth to this? Or is she just as wacky as I've always suspected?

02-01-2005, 12:55 PM	#9
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I shun them not because they are blue, but because they are actually tan and have gone bad. Sordid details here. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-01-2005, 03:16 PM	#12
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Wolf - You might also want to avoid the red ones. The red coloring is made from squished bugs. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

02-01-2005, 03:29 PM	#13
YellowBolt I lurk with the best of them Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: not close to philadelphia. :( well, not THAT close. Posts: 146	Ah yes... the carmine dilemma. I remember getting freaked out in eighth grade when some guy told this to us... hence why I tend to avoid many yogurts now.

02-01-2005, 04:37 PM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Lac beetle juice maybe not in M&Ms, but definitely in Junior Mints: http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_118.html

02-01-2005, 04:52 PM	#15
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Not lac beetle (at least I don't think so) but cochineal from which carmine is made. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

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