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Gone Jelly Bean-Mad
August 7, 2008Do you like jelly beans? I do. Jelly beans are the closest I could come to candy sans the cavity. What’s more, they’re the most entertaining nibble this side of the equator. They bounce ever so slightly upon first bite, and they come in such bright colors - popping greens, brilliant blues, feisty reds - I feel like I’m eating rainbows each time I pop one into my mouth. And because I’m pregnant, and only too eager to go whoopity-whoop over a snack, I toyed with the idea of buying jelly beans online. I found this site called ohnuts.com which sells jelly beans in bulk, and by bulk I mean a hulking, not-the-kind-you’d-want-to-be-seen-lugging-around bulk. Think 50 pounds of jelly beans going for $4 a pound, with a 20% discount on top. Thankfully, I came to my senses just before I placed the order. What on earth would I do with 50 pounds of jelly beans? Eat them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the next 10 years?
Still, these look lovely, and they look like they want me to eat them.
On a not entirely unrelated segue, it turns out people have gone gung-ho over jelly beans for years. Ronald Reagen was said to have kept a jar of Jelly Belly jelly beans on his desk. Then, there was William Schrafft who, during the American Civil War, sent jelly beans to the Union Army. This craving and this jelly bean-mad blimp is in good company, I tell you!
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i still go for m&m’s…
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I love Jelly Belly jellybeans. I had fun tasting their Every Flavored Beans (yes, from Harry Potter). But not so much when I tasted grass and sardines. Hehehe!
Posted by Tissue Girl at August 17, 2008, 3:17 pm