Slog - Comments on Look What I Found at QFC: Wild Cherry M&Ms http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms And no, they're not very good. They're like eating a crunchy chocolate-covered cherry. Without the cherry inside. Christopher put one in his mouth and then spit out the pieces after one chomp. Paul Constant, intrigued by his reaction, grabbed a few and said "Wow, this is going to cause cancer! Not bad, though. Still, I'm not going to dip into that well again." They're not bad, no. But they're really wrong.... Copyright 2008 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:55:28 -0800 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:34:54 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Grammar Nanny "but they really wrong."

How 'street.'

What's QFC? Not being a Seattle resident (just a visitor now and then), all I can think of is Qentucky Fried Chicken, and I know that isn't it.

]]> Grammar Nanny http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959650 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959650 Chow Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:09:17 -0800 Comment by Eminem's Wild Cherry Megan,

They might taste better (and/or be less carcinogenic) if you eat them while listening to this song.

Just sayin'.

]]> Eminem's Wild Cherry http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959654 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959654 Chow Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:12:10 -0800 Comment by Chris KUOW had a discussion which touched on the chocolate industry yesterday. Someone from the Organic Consumers Association alleged that much of Mars' (makers of M&Ms) and at least some of Hershey's cacao sources employ abusive labor practices in African nations.
http://www.kuow.org/mp3high/m3u/WeekdayA/WeekdayA20080305.m3u

]]> Chris http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959655 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959655 Chow Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:12:39 -0800 Comment by Cookie W. Monster Grammar Nanny,

QFC stands for Queue Fuck. It's the latest kinky sex trend here on trendy Capitol Hill. Yes, I know, it's a three-letter acronym for a two-word phrase. We do things like that here in Seattle cause we're (ahem) "special."

]]> Cookie W. Monster http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959663 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959663 Chow Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:17:33 -0800 Comment by MyDogBen just eat Chukar Cherries. Serious yum.

]]> MyDogBen http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959664 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959664 Chow Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:17:36 -0800 Comment by Mike of Renton I'm becoming convinced that Megan is compensating for being straight edge through sugar.

]]> Mike of Renton http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959666 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959666 Chow Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:18:10 -0800 Comment by Ralph Nader @3,

Plus there's all the 11-year-old Indonesian girls whose cherries they stole to make all that artificial cherry flavoring. Fucking evil corporations! How I hate them!

]]> Ralph Nader http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959681 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959681 Chow Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:26:11 -0800 Comment by Queen City Baby Grammar Nanny, pay no attention to CWM, who is clearly an asshole transplant. QFC (Quality Food Center) used to be a relatively upscale local grocery chain. It used to compete on a slightly higher level with A&P and Safeway (same layout, but they had a lobster tank--endless source of amusement for kids when Seattle had less of it). Now it is a soul-less subsidiary of Kroger. If you're from the South, it's similar to Publix.

]]> Queen City Baby http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959688 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959688 Chow Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:29:38 -0800 Comment by Slaveway Wage Slave Meanwhile, Ralph Nader clearly needs an asshole transplant.

]]> Slaveway Wage Slave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959706 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959706 Chow Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:42:48 -0800 Comment by itsNEW I bought those plus the Reeses malt balls at Walgreens yesterday. I couldn't get enough of the malt balls, the cherry chocolate is ok. Not the best cherry choco candy I've ever tasted.

]]> itsNEW http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959729 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959729 Chow Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:01:21 -0800 Comment by superyeadon candy is never bad.

]]> superyeadon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959766 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959766 Chow Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:44:49 -0800 Comment by RainMan Is that urban legend about green M&Ms still around?

]]> RainMan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959775 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959775 Chow Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:01:16 -0800 Comment by Megan Seling @1 That actually wasn't street, that was just an accident. I forgot the "'re" on they're. I've fixed it.

]]> Megan Seling http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959786 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959786 Chow Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:21:11 -0800 Comment by itsCHEESE! I had rasberry M&Ms the other day from the Shell by Qwest Field.
Odd - I thought they tasted like chocolate covered cherries.

]]> itsCHEESE! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959809 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959809 Chow Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:02:48 -0800 Comment by pretentious why don't caramel m&ms exist yet?

]]> pretentious http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959857 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959857 Chow Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:52:54 -0800 Comment by Elvis Ah, but Christopher should be used to spitting it out by now.

]]> Elvis http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959869 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959869 Chow Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:04:04 -0800 Comment by Jamey @3
yeah, I am trying to figure out why this free advertising for these bullshit companies keeps showing up in Megan Seling's posts. You can't really make conscious choices when you do your candy-shopping at Walgreens, but you don't have an excuse if you are at QFC.

@5
Not a bad idea. At least they're local, and they don't use artificial crap in the ingredients.

@6
I think you may have nailed it... Not to be too hard on her, but this might be worth reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_addiction A person very close to me has this problem and it isn't pretty. It can seriously effect functionality, and he already has some mental health issues.

]]> Jamey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959890 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959890 Chow Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:09:18 -0800 Comment by violet_dagrinder "this is going to cause cancer" LOLOLOLOL

I love how the M&M on the package looks really worried about being there.

]]> violet_dagrinder http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959932 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959932 Chow Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:19:49 -0800 Comment by It's Mark Mitchell I got up in the middle of the night and ate half a bag of "Robin's Eggs Malted Milk Candy"...

Easter is the most dangerous candy season for me. I've already plowed through my first bag of Cadbury Mini-eggs.

]]> It's Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959995 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c959995 Chow Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:43:28 -0800 Comment by Jeff Stevens Dear Friends of The Stranger,

I regret to inform you that, upon discovering a brown M&M in her Broadway QFC-purchased package of Wild Cherry M&Ms, Megan Seling promptly transmogrified into David Lee Roth--circa 1981, even!--and completely trashed the Stranger HQ. As a result, there will henceforth be no more new issues of The Stranger, ever, and, to rub the insult of the salt into the injury of the wound, there will henceforth be plenty of way sucky new Van Halen records, courtesy of their new lead singer Megan Lee Seling.

Now you know the sorts of evility that conspicuous consumption of cheap candy can lead to. You've been warned.

]]> Jeff Stevens http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c960074 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c960074 Chow Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:40:11 -0800 Comment by lunge Personally I think they taste like Vicks44. However for some reason I keep eating them.

]]> lunge http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c960171 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c960171 Chow Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:48:13 -0800 Comment by Jeff Stevens Megan @13,

Will you please meta-fix you're fixation of "they're"? I totally miss the street life, (sic) and wrong though it be...

]]> Jeff Stevens http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c960225 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/look_what_i_found_at_qfc_wild_cherry_mms#c960225 Chow Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:34:54 -0800