Comments on: Messing with a Beloved Cultural Icon http://blog.belm.com/2009/10/27/messing-with-a-beloved-cultural-icon/ Random spurious persiflage Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:51:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Halloween Dregs http://blog.belm.com/2009/10/27/messing-with-a-beloved-cultural-icon/comment-page-1/#comment-848 Halloween Dregs Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:30:44 +0000 http://blog.belm.com/?p=2566#comment-848 [...] to make good on my promise to hit Target first thing on Sunday morning to score more old-style Necco Wafers. By the time I got to the store today, the Halloween clearance shelves had been picked over by the [...] [...] to make good on my promise to hit Target first thing on Sunday morning to score more old-style Necco Wafers. By the time I got to the store today, the Halloween clearance shelves had been picked over by the [...]

]]> By: David http://blog.belm.com/2009/10/27/messing-with-a-beloved-cultural-icon/comment-page-1/#comment-841 David Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:58:34 +0000 http://blog.belm.com/?p=2566#comment-841 Cut them some slack. They made a pile of ,money, enough to keep them gong for years. They relocated everyone and everything, no one lost a job, and production stopped for less than a month. I, too, have an original Crayola 64 set stashed away. Cut them some slack. They made a pile of ,money, enough to keep them gong for years. They relocated everyone and everything, no one lost a job, and production stopped for less than a month.

I, too, have an original Crayola 64 set stashed away.

]]> By: Bryan http://blog.belm.com/2009/10/27/messing-with-a-beloved-cultural-icon/comment-page-1/#comment-838 Bryan Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:12:14 +0000 http://blog.belm.com/?p=2566#comment-838 Necco has been dead to me since they left Cambridge. Okay, not really. At least the all-chocolate rolls will be safe. One has to wonder, though, if Necco Wafers have been in production since 1847, what did they use in the original candies? It seems unlikely they were using what we would think of as synthetic flavorings in the 1840s. This reminds me of when Crayola messed with the original color set of 64 crayons. I still have some of the old boxes hidden away. Necco has been dead to me since they left Cambridge. Okay, not really. At least the all-chocolate rolls will be safe. One has to wonder, though, if Necco Wafers have been in production since 1847, what did they use in the original candies? It seems unlikely they were using what we would think of as synthetic flavorings in the 1840s.

This reminds me of when Crayola messed with the original color set of 64 crayons. I still have some of the old boxes hidden away.

]]> By: David http://blog.belm.com/2009/10/27/messing-with-a-beloved-cultural-icon/comment-page-1/#comment-785 David Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:12:24 +0000 http://blog.belm.com/?p=2566#comment-785 I failed to mention that on the walk back to the dorm in the afternoon the candy breeze had an undercurrent of wok oil from the Joyce Chen Small Eating Place. I failed to mention that on the walk back to the dorm in the afternoon the candy breeze had an undercurrent of wok oil from the Joyce Chen Small Eating Place.

]]> By: winenegress http://blog.belm.com/2009/10/27/messing-with-a-beloved-cultural-icon/comment-page-1/#comment-781 winenegress Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:22:53 +0000 http://blog.belm.com/?p=2566#comment-781 This is awful. From the bottom of my Type 2 diabetic heart, I feel as though family has died. Or something like that. This is awful. From the bottom of my Type 2 diabetic heart, I feel as though family has died. Or something like that.

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