Twinkies---a sellout

[UncleEd]

Last week I was in my local Publix, a Wednesday 5% off for old farts day, and passed the bread shelf. At one point a big empty
hole existed.

The sign said Buy 1, Get 1 Free.

No more Twinkies.

And I thought everyone believed they are horrible.

 

[the ringo kid]

I do, never did like them. I preferred Zingers instead before they used plastic as icing.

 

[Grayfox]

I guess Tallahassee got there first.

 

[cougar14]

Never can you tell when you might get the urge to off someone and have a proven alibi...

 

[ditrina]

WAIT... let's go back to the 5% off for old farts

Are they buying or selling??

 

[rburg]

We just tell you they're awful so you won't buy them. More for the rest of us. Back during the shortage, my wife and I were at a hospital. While waiting for teh elevator I noticed a vending machine with some still in it. So I did the logical thing any hoarder would, I emptied the machine and my billfold. Wife thought I was stupid, but everyone who got a package from me thanked me profusely, and ate them on the spot.

 

[Xfuzz]

I can eat one like a grape...

 

[BUFF]

Twinkies can form the basis of your emergency food storage program. Lots of calories, unlimited shelf life. I understand that archeologists dug up Twinkies from the pharoh's tomb in Egypt's Great Pyramid, probably 2,000 years old and they looked, felt and tasted just like new.

They may also kill you, but my doctor eats them, so what do I know.

 

[finesse_r]

You get a little cake that is mostly air pockets with a cream filling and about 2000 calories, so what is not to like about them. They may well be the most unhealthy junk food since fried corn fritters. My guess is that smoking will be less likely to kill you than a daily diet of Twinkies.

 

[JohnSW]

And I thought everyone believed they are horrible.

Horrible-but-traditional is the same as good.

 

[venomballistics]

Horrible-but-traditional is the same as good.

Like haggis?
Glad I am not a Scott.

 

[italiansport]

I do, never did like them. I preferred Zingers instead before they used plastic as icing.

I grew up on the East Coast IMO Drakes Devil Dogs beat Twinkies by a mile!
Jim

 

[Targets Guy]

Twinkies rock!

 

[ddixie884]

And roll............

 

[e3mrk]

 

[BigBill]

My local Texas road house offers deep fried twinkles? What will they do now? They have deep fried Oreos too. It's the end of an era no more twinkles. Table Talk pies is in Wooster,mass I hope they stay going. The old frisbee pie company.

 

[Salty RI]

I remember when they first came out, when the little store near us had them I road my bike to the store and bought a package, they were two for a dime, I started to eat them on my way home, all of a sudden I felt sick, I got off my bike and puked my gut's out, haven't had one since.

 

[Grayfox]

I did the grocery shopping today. Wanna guess what I bought?

TWINKIES!

Got some Ding Dongs too.

 

[e3mrk]

Actually I wont eat Twinkies anymore because their made in Mexico and You can never be sure whats really in them.

 

[gman51]

I don't think anyone would really want to know what's in them.
When I was a little kid I would ride up to the corner store and buy a banana flip. It was basically a round twinkie folded over and filled with a banana cream filling. Oh those were good.