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Skittles: Taste the Hydrogenated Oil

Chris — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:14:04 +0000

Skittles: Taste the Hydrogenated Oil is a post from Chris Pirillo

chrispirillo: I haven't eaten Skittles for 10 years because they contain partially hydrogenated oil. Bad, bad stuff – transfats are evil.

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Mon Mar 02 05:32:40 +0000 2009

MindofZ: Next you will be telling that cheeseburgers with bacon are bad for me!

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Mon Mar 02 05:33:06 +0000 2009

KrnSidez: …thanks for telling me that. *grabs toothbrush and heads to the bathroom*

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Mon Mar 02 05:33:35 +0000 2009

unexpectedosu: Candy? Where is the candy? :)

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Mon Mar 02 05:33:48 +0000 2009

ashdhart: I found that dried blueberries are a great substitute for Skittles.

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Mon Mar 02 05:33:54 +0000 2009

chrisutley: Transfats in Skittles? I would have never guessed that. I'd figured sugar, sugar, and more sugar – but ZERO fat of any kind.

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Mon Mar 02 05:34:29 +0000 2009

wesleybarrow: What would you say if I told you that from age 5 til about age 16, my diet consisted mostly of Skittles and Mountain Dew?

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Mon Mar 02 05:35:18 +0000 2009

ATX: Wow- had no idea. Unknowingly, I had some of those fat pills today. Never again!

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Mon Mar 02 05:35:27 +0000 2009

rrrebo: No wonder they're so tasty! Damn you for informing me…*scratches Skittles off the list*

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Mon Mar 02 05:35:55 +0000 2009

TheSeanWilson: Ah, but the fun and joy of eating Skittles greatly outweighs the hydrogenated oil, right?

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Mon Mar 02 05:35:56 +0000 2009

lizmoney: but the red skttles are so yummy!

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Mon Mar 02 05:35:57 +0000 2009

DannyMinick: but the rainbow taste so good!

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Mon Mar 02 05:36:31 +0000 2009

javabuzz: but Skittles are divine. Sent from the heavens. Haven't you seen the commercials where they fall from the sky??

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Mon Mar 02 05:36:35 +0000 2009

alanpdx: You can't call them transfats any more. They are “alternatively gendered people of girth”.

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Mon Mar 02 05:36:37 +0000 2009

WineHarlots: I'm the same, no hydrogenated fats or high-fructose corn syrup. Eliminates at lot junk food, that's for sure.

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Mon Mar 02 05:36:59 +0000 2009

lessaccounting: dork

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Mon Mar 02 05:39:00 +0000 2009

playback0wnz: at those novelty shirts say, “SHITTLES” taste the asshole! haha http://tinyurl.com/bk3bc9

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Mon Mar 02 05:39:14 +0000 2009

EvanMartin: Not only that, but the food coloring. I wouldn't be surprised if it has corn syrup in them either…

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Mon Mar 02 05:40:10 +0000 2009

iPhoneCandy: Huh. I haven't eaten Skittles for 14 years because they aren't vegetarian. But hey, transfats are a good reason too!

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Mon Mar 02 05:40:17 +0000 2009

spaceandstuff: Aren't all tasty food bad for your body?

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Mon Mar 02 05:40:40 +0000 2009

rondelrosario: A few minutes on a treadmill is enough to shed them off. :)

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Mon Mar 02 05:41:51 +0000 2009

OysteinLund: Transfats are responsible for everything that's attributed to saturated fat…

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Mon Mar 02 05:42:02 +0000 2009

georgemonks: Really? oh dear! :S DONT EAT SKITTLES PEOPLE

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Mon Mar 02 05:43:02 +0000 2009

TonyB: That's why I eat Cheese-Its or Doritos.

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Mon Mar 02 05:43:20 +0000 2009

Colt891: ive never been a fan of skittles really either

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Mon Mar 02 05:43:46 +0000 2009

dantemaster214: personally I like to chew it over with a twix. 

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Mon Mar 02 05:44:24 +0000 2009

iUberGeek: I agree. Colas contain unsanitary pig extract! Another disgusting thing to add to the list of unhealthy cola additives.

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Mon Mar 02 05:44:35 +0000 2009

mikegoldman: wonder whether it's true that products can claim 0 trans fats if they contain a trace not meeting some threshold amount

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Mon Mar 02 05:46:21 +0000 2009

adryenn: What about Aspartame? It's hidden in everything from bread to salad dressing. Strongest Neurotoxin ever!

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Mon Mar 02 05:46:43 +0000 2009

citycynic: How about Starburst?

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Mon Mar 02 05:49:08 +0000 2009

joeyv: – how dare you be so healthy!

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Mon Mar 02 05:59:34 +0000 2009

SvenVollstag: if you put skittles in soda, the fat congeals and rises to the top, its disgusting

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Mon Mar 02 06:06:11 +0000 2009

Bowler4Ever: Now now, Chris, eating them once in a while isn't THAT bad…

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Mon Mar 02 06:07:40 +0000 2009

jenthefangirl: And according to American Dad, THEY ARE ILLEGAL!

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Mon Mar 02 06:18:37 +0000 2009

d_suniaga: you know what's evil? INITECH is evil!

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Mon Mar 02 06:18:50 +0000 2009

Aussie_Sheila: Wow I'm glad I never liked Skittles!!

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Mon Mar 02 06:23:23 +0000 2009

Cliff_Forster: But they are also satisfying http://tinyurl.com/cl84ps

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Mon Mar 02 06:29:41 +0000 2009

Eating Penguin Candy

Chris — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:31:13 +0000

Eating Penguin Candy is a post from Chris Pirillo

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One of our chat room moderators is four_ones. He sent me some of this Penguin Candy… so I decided to try it live, with all of you watching and envying.

There are no Hydrogenated oils in this candy, which passes my test. Four_Ones sent this to me because it’s something he grew up eating. His friend’s Mother would bring them from Scotland and keep them in her refridgerator. He used to get busted all the time sneaking to eat them. They’re different colors, but they are all the same flavor. They come individually wrapped, which is good!

Alright, let’s get this show on the road and eat some Penguin! Keep in mind this has nothing to do with Linux. It’s just a trademark of this candy company. Four_Ones says that it tastes sort of like Graham Crackers covered in chocolate, with a creamy chocolate filling. As he’s telling me this, I take my first bite. Holy cow… these are delicious!! I had to yell for Ponzi to come and eat a Penguin.

Thank you for sending me the Penguins, Four_Ones. I do enjoy trying new candy and things. Anytime you want to send me something, I’m definitely up for trying it! If you type “what is sticker” into chat, you will get our general mailbox postal address. Keep in mind, I will only eat things that come from people I know and who are regulars in our community.

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John Mark Karr Eats Candy!

Chris — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 01:22:48 +0000

John Mark Karr Eats Candy! is a post from Chris Pirillo

Ponzi’s returned from her hiatus, it seems – aided by a desktop publishing tool (no, not Windows Live Writer – which I believe is still at the “barely noteworthy” stage). She’s really upset about this whole John Mark Karr situation – not because of what he may have done, but because of the way the media is covering what he had for dinner on the plane. Even if Karr didn’t kill JonBenet Ramsey, he’s still a dickwad – and the media are even bigger dickwads for spending so much time talking about this dickwad.

THIS JUST IN! John Mark Karr has eaten a Tootsie Roll. I repeat, John Mark Karr – who has been proven innocent and guilty and innocent again by us – has now ingested a Tootsie Rool. For more on this situation, we turn to our candy correspondent in Colorado, Julie Flappingums. Julie, does this mean that Tootsie Rolls are the candies preferred by dickwads? Will John Mark Karr’s intestinal tract reject or embrace the Tootsie Roll? Will candy sales slip because of this? Interesting. Thanks, Julie – keep up the good work. And now back to the War in Iraq – brought to you by Massengill.

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