Reply #5: Pond Scum. [View All]

It was candy in only the loosest sense of the word. It came in two flavors, Cola and Strawberry and it was a powder like pixie sticks or fun-dip except it resembled pond scum in your mouth. The sensation was similar to corn-starch and pop rocks in combination. It fizzled, it bubbled and it produced a clumpy scum in your mouth. It was awful. It tasted fantastic.

Then we discovered that if you could get a bunch of it in your mouth and swallow most of it dry then chase it with a can of Coke, it was magic. No, we didn't see green fairies. Within a half hour, well...disgusting things would happen involving foam and belching. My friend, Duts (Doots) decided he wanted to go to the movies so right before football practice he did 2 envelopes and drank a full 1L of Coca-Cola. They banned the pond scum from the school commissary after that. It was the most disgusting and miraculous sight I have ever seen...it was like the Mentos trick meets Silly String shooting from a 14 year old boy who is giggling hysterically because it tickles.