Food & Drink May 3, 2013 at 1:35 pm

Who Is More Qualified for Public Office?

Dominic Holden
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1
Milky Way will get my vote any day. The other freak should be spending time in prison
Cato the Younger Younger on May 3, 2013 at 1:39 PM Report this
2
I still say we should draft citizens randomly to serve.
Will in Seattle on May 3, 2013 at 1:44 PM Report this
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First bowl is somebody's grandma's.
DOUG. on May 3, 2013 at 1:45 PM Report this
4
Top one is old lady candy. no thanks.
Chester Copperpot on May 3, 2013 at 1:46 PM Report this
5
Grandma for Mayor!
MacCrocodile on May 3, 2013 at 1:48 PM Report this
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I would prefer a combination. I love chocolate, and it's more expensive, but sometimes when I eat something really savory for lunch, I want some fruity or minty candy to get rid of the taste.
J from Oregon on May 3, 2013 at 1:48 PM Report this
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I'm team Milky Way, but those little pineapple candies do look good.
very bad homo on May 3, 2013 at 1:52 PM Report this
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Stop hating on the hard candy! I'd vote for it any day. Hard candy lasts longer, is less bad for you, and is far more discreet than trying to power through chalky "chocolate" mini candy bars and chocolate-covered fingers during a (hopefully professional) meeting. Plus, those mini strawberry things are SO GOOD.
Juris on May 3, 2013 at 1:52 PM Report this
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Second one. Hate hard candy.
schmacky on May 3, 2013 at 1:55 PM Report this
10
Love hard anything. Especially candy.
Pope Peabrain on May 3, 2013 at 1:59 PM Report this
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Agreed, agreed. Chocolates over hard candy, every single time.
grkle on May 3, 2013 at 2:00 PM Report this
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There are 100 Grand bars there. Hard candies are for raves. I suspect that below the hard candy bowl there is a gram of molly.
wisepunk on May 3, 2013 at 2:01 PM Report this
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I'm all about starlight mints. Got a baggie full of 'em in my bike bag right now. And I never liked those American "corn syrup solids" Halloween candies. I vote top bowl.
Gurldoggie on May 3, 2013 at 2:02 PM Report this
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"That one belongs to an old lady" is exactly what I thought about the top one, too. Although the Jolly Rancher on the far right threw me.

beef rallard on May 3, 2013 at 2:02 PM Report this
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I vote for the bottom bowl. There's nothing in that top bowl that makes me happy. Nothing at all.
dwightmoodyforgetsthings on May 3, 2013 at 2:06 PM Report this
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That bottom one looks like Sally Bagshaw's.
michaelp on May 3, 2013 at 2:06 PM Report this
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How much I care about candy is directly proportional to the amount of nuts it contains. By my standards, both are pitiful failures. And don't talk to me about the pittance of peanuts in a Hundred Grand, either. Bah.

In fact, you know, nuts to the candy, as it were. Just put out some mixed nuts. Yes.
balderdash on May 3, 2013 at 2:07 PM Report this
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Chocolate!
Brooklyn Reader on May 3, 2013 at 2:13 PM Report this
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I'm betting Sally understands the importance of chocolate in politics.
Hawke on May 3, 2013 at 2:16 PM Report this
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I prefer the Canadian candy one of my colleagues brought back from her vacation.
Will in Seattle on May 3, 2013 at 2:19 PM Report this
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The bottom looks better, but I love those little candies with pictures of fruit on the wrappers even though they are grandma candies.
Sheryl on May 3, 2013 at 2:28 PM Report this
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What's with the double bubble exclusion in the bottom picture? Do we have a problem supplying adequate containment for this city's candy? Has the bubblegum been gentrified out of its affordable living arrangements by upwardly mobile chocolate bars and the higher jar values they encourage?

I think it's time we had a serious dialogue about this.
Zebes on May 3, 2013 at 2:50 PM Report this
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Chocolate > Hard Candy
Gern Blanston on May 3, 2013 at 3:00 PM Report this
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I love me some chocolate ... but hard candy is much better for when you are in public. The 2nd bowl is a sign of an unrealistic, indulgent, fuzzy thinker. Not someone I want in public office!
Enjua on May 3, 2013 at 3:05 PM Report this
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@22 - Double Bubble can handle it; it's tough.
MacCrocodile on May 3, 2013 at 3:07 PM Report this
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Why are they so focused on candy when they should be taking care of their constituents? I vote neither.
treehugger on May 3, 2013 at 3:08 PM Report this
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I'd vote for chocolate because I think it shows more attential to detail. Hard candy is what you buy when you don't really care.

I'm guessing Mike McGinn, Mr. Healthy Biker, is hard candy, which leaves the chocolates for Sally Bagshaw. But I'm not tempted by either one. Get me some fresh fruits and now you're talking.
floater on May 3, 2013 at 3:13 PM Report this
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I give two shits about hard candy. But here's a good rule to live by: NEVER mix bubble gum and chocolate. They absorb each others flavor slightly and ruin each other. NO. Total fail.
AndyInChicago on May 3, 2013 at 3:18 PM Report this
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I'm voting for floater @27 for "attential to detail."
MacCrocodile on May 3, 2013 at 3:24 PM Report this
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Obviously we need a ranked Candy Poll. Important stuff like this matters!

Bring on the jelly babies!
Will in Seattle on May 3, 2013 at 3:24 PM Report this
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Oh, and we need to see the wrappers in detail for the candy.

Is it fair trade organic candy, locally sourced, or imported African chocolates from women-owned collectives?
Will in Seattle on May 3, 2013 at 3:26 PM Report this
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Hard candies are the best. That chocolate is horrible, and if I'm not mistaken those things outside the bowl in the bottom photo are Dubble Bubble gum, which is worse than toxic waste. I'd rather be an old grandma than be in the same room as that stuff. and those fruit candies are really good.
Fnarf on May 3, 2013 at 3:32 PM Report this
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@22 @25

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn8irnsmu…
wisepunk on May 3, 2013 at 3:33 PM Report this
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Those bowls are filled by the receptionist. I'm sure McGinn and Bagshaw have nothing to do with it.
tacomagirl on May 3, 2013 at 3:40 PM Report this
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I am betting the low quality Chocolate belongs to McGinn becasue he is a fatass slob. Also just lile McGinn that chocolate was shipped in from out side fo the North West.
Cascadian Bacon on May 3, 2013 at 3:46 PM Report this
36
I vote yes.
alight on May 3, 2013 at 3:53 PM Report this
37
Shouldn't this be a legally binding slog poll?
Baby Blue on May 3, 2013 at 3:57 PM Report this
38
Jolly Ranchers. Only Jolly Ranchers.
lifner77 on May 3, 2013 at 5:20 PM Report this
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Now that all of the cheap-shit mass-market chocolate makers have begun injecting extra lactose into their products, I can't eat any of them.

So I'll take the old-lady peppermint swirls, thank you very much. At least they'll make my breath fresh!
d.p. on May 4, 2013 at 12:37 AM Report this
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100 Grand what what?
supergp on May 4, 2013 at 1:31 AM Report this
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The first looks to be tight and stingy. The second self absorbed and both are filled with empty calories- like campaign promises.
on May 4, 2013 at 8:13 AM Report this
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Whoever is responsible for the first one is old enough to remember when 100 Grand bars were called 100 Thousand Dollar bars.
Fred Casely on May 4, 2013 at 9:40 AM Report this

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