I just bought a box for the first time in a while tonight. They are significantly smaller and appear to have many less layers than I remember as a kid. I think they may have seemed bigger back in the day as I was smaller, but I also do not doubt the cheapening of the candy.
Discuss.
Oh boy. This may be my new favorite thread.
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Upon further inspection, it appears there are are 2 layers before the core for some, while others have only a single layer.
I think I saw a porno once with that title.
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Props Jason. I haven't had or thought about these since 5th grade.
Now I shall have to obtain a box.
Admittedly it's a matter of preference, but I preferred Jawbusters to Gobstoppers. Besides, it takes 14 to 19 days to make one Jawbuster: http://www.ferrarapan.com/html/jb_fun.html
Anything made with that much effort and care has gotta be good.
Heidi
"I don't need any extra motivation. My motivation is to win." - Derek Jeter
Ever since Charlie took over the factory the candy sucks. He's always cutting corners to try to save a buck. Willie must be turning over in his grave at the way things are being run. Last week he laid off a third of the Oompa Loompas. And yes, as you have already guessed, those dudes are not eligble for unemployment.Originally Posted by PinstripePride
If I had 3 wishes... One of my wishes would be to make a select few of you Pirates Fans.
You steal one Fizzy Lifting Drink and you are branded a bad guy for life I guess.
He didn't deserve the factory in the first place. He sickens me.
If I had 3 wishes... One of my wishes would be to make a select few of you Pirates Fans.
"You get nothing! You lose! Good day, sir!"
Heidi
"I don't need any extra motivation. My motivation is to win." - Derek Jeter
We all know Grandpa Joe is the real brains behind the outfit
The guy from Chico and the Man?
If I had 3 wishes... One of my wishes would be to make a select few of you Pirates Fans.
They dont call him The Man for nuthin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKG07...eature=related
My 2 year old niece recites this scene. Hilarious!
Heidi
"I don't need any extra motivation. My motivation is to win." - Derek Jeter
He's dead. Died in 1981.
If I had 3 wishes... One of my wishes would be to make a select few of you Pirates Fans.
Yeah they are little tiny things now in a box or something. Trés disappointing. I used to get them two in little bag. I remember really big ones too...
I got nothin
Be careful. You don't want to get us geezers started on what candy used to be, back in the day.
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.- Barry Manilow
Yes I do! Let's do it.
You forgot to mention that they are not in fact "everlasting." Much to my dismay.
I've always been a big fan of the Snickers Bar.
"But what people tend to forget...is that being a Yankee is as much about character as it is about performance; as much about who you are as what you do."
- President Barack Obama
I love Gobstoppers!!
I think they have cheaped out in making them, though.
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
-- Mahatma Gandhi
This is a man after my own heart.
I didn't know they still made them...or that they came in a box..I thought they came in that package of 2..I loved those things.
Ooh I loved those too Heidi..bright green box, right?
I had no idea it took that long to make them..who says you can't learn anything on this site?
Do you remember Chocolite bars John? The ones with the "air" in them?
I also really liked the Reggie bar -- that thing was huge but really good.
One other old candy I really loved was B-B-Bats. Yum! some stores still sell them like Cracker Barrel but they don't have the vanilla ones anymore and I loved those.
You haven't lived until you've played one of those orange wax harmonicas.
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I REMEMBER CHOCOLITE, JEANNE!!Do you remember Chocolite bars John? The ones with the "air" in them?
I also really liked the Reggie bar -- that thing was huge but really good.
One other old candy I really loved was B-B-Bats. Yum! some stores still sell them like Cracker Barrel but they don't have the vanilla ones anymore and I loved those.
Also...do you remember Chunky bars? They had raisins or something and were square?
I also remember Reggie Bars and the commercial...I don't remember watching actual live games where people were doing the "REG-GIE! REG-GIE!" But I remember the commercials for the candy bar.
B-B-Bats...I was not a big fan but would consume them when I got them @ Halloween. Oink.
Raisins and peanuts. I loved those.
She sits there so refined and drinks herself half blind
- Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Are those the ones with liquid in them?
I love these nostalgic threads!! We discuss shampoos and shoes stores of the past in the LOT but I don't think we have ever discussed candy.
Pretty sure this is an euphemism for penis.
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STFU Sam.
No, they were just wax, and you could really play it. It never lasted though...because it was yummy!Are those the ones with liquid in them?
I love these nostalgic threads!! We discuss shampoos and shoes stores of the past in the LOT but I don't think we have ever discussed candy.
She sits there so refined and drinks herself half blind
- Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I guess the gobstoppers are no longer neverending.
I liked Pixie Sticks - nothing like some fruit-flavored sugar. And the wax soda bottles - they had liquid in them.
To be sane is more dramatic than to be mad - GK Chesterton, Orthodoxy
Oooooooh, Pixie Sticks.....I adored them. It's no wonder I had about elevendy bazillion cavities as a kid.
She sits there so refined and drinks herself half blind
- Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I'm surprised I didn't, because I ate a lot of candy.
To be sane is more dramatic than to be mad - GK Chesterton, Orthodoxy
I did not have that many either actutally, but my sister did.I'm surprised I didn't, because I ate a lot of candy.
Open wide for Chunky...
Is anyone else old enough to remember Bonomo Turkish Taffy?
Candy bars were not only bigger, they were a nickel. Individual pieces of Bazooka and little Tootsie Rolls were a penny; bigger logs of both of them were also a nickel. I also had to walk sixteen miles through the snow each way to get to school and back, and it was uphill both ways.
Yeah, yeah, I'm old. Get off my lawn, all of you.
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.- Barry Manilow
There we go. Thanks for preempting my comment
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Wasn't this what the "remember when" thread was for?
Those who can — do. Those who can’t — criticize.
Every thread turns into "remember when" with you people.
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You ageistEvery thread turns into "remember when" with you people
Those who can — do. Those who can’t — criticize.
I didn't say there was anything wrong with it! I love all my ol...er, wiser NYYFans members.
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It will happen to you someday, too.... and it isn't all that bad, all things considered.I didn't say there was anything wrong with it! I love all my ol...er, wiser NYYFans members
Those who can — do. Those who can’t — criticize.
I finished my gobstoppers tonight on the walk to pick up my truck from the shop.
This is what Twitter is for.
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...or the LTE. That's my twitter.
Those who can — do. Those who can’t — criticize.
No sir, Twitter is for losers.
Even more reason for you to get an account!
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Well done.
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Oh AJ went there.
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