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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 08:46 PM
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Peeps: Scourge on mankind or delectable delight?
You decide.

Please post your ruling below.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 08:48 PM
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1. Scourge. Witness:
Peeps
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 09:48 PM
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7. ...
:rofl: That is TOO FREAKING FUNNY!!!!
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blue neen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 09:11 PM
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2. Ruling:
Delectable delight. Especially heated up in the microwave. Yummy. :9
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Darth_Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 09:11 PM
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3. Neither : Bodhisattva or Coloured Marshmallow?
:D
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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 09:25 PM
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4. Both.
:cry:

Somebody make me stop!
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 10:01 PM
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12. You've actually been eating them?!?!?
Uh-oh
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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 10:08 PM
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14. .
:cry:
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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 09:33 PM
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5. It is a little known fact that all Peeps
were made in Bulgaria between the years 1954-59 by the billions and exported. They were part of a Khrushchev 5 year plan to get rid of radioactive waste and heavy metal sludge from the Soviet thermonuclear weapons buildup.

There has been no need for a production run since, as all unsold Peeps are returned to the warehouse and re-packaged with a new sell-by date for the following year.

Oh, and they are not dyed yellow. That is zinc chromate, and it keeps them from oxidizing when exposed to atmosphere. Or reacting with anything corrosive, for that matter.


Poisonous, but anyone that eats the damn things has a death wish anyway.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 09:44 PM
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6. Let them get stale and chewy... and they are a delight
Fresh ones suck. They need to be aged, like a fine wine...
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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 09:49 PM
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8. I want to toast them.
Can I toast them?
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 09:51 PM
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9. OOOOH! OMG... I never thought of that!
Of course you can! Let me know how it goes. Try the bunnies... I like the bunnies better.

You could make PEEPS S'MORES!!!!!
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 09:55 PM
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10. You can make s'mores out of them
have a look for yourself:

http://peeps.dpcphoto.com/
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Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 01:00 AM
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34. You are so right. They have to be stale to be good
Fresh ones are just icky
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 06:10 AM
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49. I've discovered over the years that many people agree with us
"We will eat no Peeps before their time."
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Neshanic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 09:59 PM
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11. Peep cappucino. I love sweets but man, sugar overload.
Love the site.
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 10:02 PM
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13. I'm not a Christian, so I don't know for Peeps.
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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 10:10 PM
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16. Peeps will turn you righteous.
Eat the Peeps. Eat them.
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Neshanic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 10:13 PM
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20. Baby Jesus crys everytime a peeps is eaten incorrectly.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 10:16 PM
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24. Like I recently postulated, Jesus' animal shelter is
chock full of dead kittens...

:yoiks:
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 10:54 PM
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26. And, what, praytell,
is the Jesus-approved way to eat a peeps?
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nickgutierrez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 10:08 PM
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15. You're supposed to eat those things?
:o
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 10:10 PM
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17. Yes. You'd be amazed at what I put into my mouth...
:yoiks:
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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 10:10 PM
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18. Not really. n/t
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 10:13 PM
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19. Don't smut this up
;-)
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 10:15 PM
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23. Who said I was?
Edited on Thu Apr-06-06 10:15 PM by HypnoToad
For example, look at my peeps site above. Check out the Smores section. Given what I substitute for graham crackers and chocolate bars... :9
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nickgutierrez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 10:13 PM
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21. No, I wouldn't.
:evilgrin:
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 10:13 PM
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22. Very delectable.
Love them peeps. :9
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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 10:18 PM
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25. Oh my God, your little bird looks like a green Peep!
:9

















:cry: help
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 11:13 PM
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27. Perish the thought!
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catzies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 12:03 AM
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28. I must have eaten my weight in them by now so help me God.
Edited on Fri Apr-07-06 12:04 AM by catzies
I've cut back A LOT, but I never go Peep-less. And this from someone who'd buy them buy the dozens at half price the day after Easter. :D
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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 12:55 AM
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30. Maybe they are...good for us?
:shrug:

That's it. They're good for us!
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 12:08 AM
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29. Gross
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 12:55 AM
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31. mmmmmmmmmmm gelatin
:puke:
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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 12:58 AM
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33. Marshmallow is not gelatin alone. I don't like gelatin.
But Peeps are alive with delicious marshmallowy goodness.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 01:00 AM
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35. Gelatin is disgusting
I won't eat anything with it in it and wouldn't do so even as an omnivore.


There are marshmallows without gelatin for when I get a craving.
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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 01:28 AM
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38. But are they Peeps? For only Peeps will do.
:loveya:
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 01:30 AM
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39. Nah, but I'm not really into food color and sugar anyhow
I make some badass rice cereal treats with them though, and they're great in hot cocoa.
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Zookeeper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 01:02 AM
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36. Yeah, I try to avoid mad-cow gelatin...
but, I can't resist Peeps. I buy the chicks in the spring, the ghosts at Halloween, x-mas Peeps.

So, where are the summer-themed Peeps? How about Peep bees, wasps and worms?
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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 01:35 AM
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41. Have you ever been on the Peep bus?
I saw it here in Austin. It's Peep-painted and you can sit inside and learn about Peeps and eat a Peep.
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Zookeeper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 01:42 AM
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42. Well, heck!
I have an niece-in-law in Austin, so I have a place to stay when I check out that Peep bus!:toast:
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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 11:56 AM
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50. Come to Austin for the Peeps.
Stay in Austin for...everything else!

(You'd like it here.)
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 12:56 AM
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32. Delectable scourge?
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 01:07 AM
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37. Just seeing them peering out so innocently
from their plastic wrapped boxes...

Gives me the willies and turns my stomach...

Have a deep-seated psychological fear of Peeps :scared:
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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 01:31 AM
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40. Peeps are watching you.
Make no mistake about it.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 01:48 AM
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44. Even scarier still is that the peeps are watching us watching them
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 01:52 AM
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46. No....no...NOOOOOOO!!!!!
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pinniped Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 01:47 AM
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43. Peeps will be the only things left when the apocalypse arrives.
Peeps are indestructable.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 01:48 AM
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45. And Twinkies
You can't underestimate their power.
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TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 01:58 AM
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47. Peep fondue...
either cheese or chocolate will do. Try melted Reese's cups. Or Velveeta.

And don't forget to make popcorn balls with the melted peeps from the microwave. Stir in the contents of a package of pineapple Jell-o for a real treat.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 02:11 AM
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48. i must buy some today
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 11:57 AM
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51. yummy!
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 11:59 AM
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52. no
Edited on Fri Apr-07-06 12:01 PM by tigereye
my neighbors always give my son some for Easter and then they sit around, since he only likes chocolate. Then I feel guilty since I don't eat them, either. I should give them to my dad who will eat stale candy in pretty much any form. :scared:
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 12:03 PM
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53. They should make chocolate peeps
Problem solved
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AllegroRondo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 01:12 PM
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54. Microwave them!
they get HUGE! and gooey!
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