Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for November 01, 2016
October 31, 2016
November 02, 2016
Transcript:
Alice: Are you playing a game with your Halloween candy? Petey: No. I'm rating it, based on criteria set forth by the International Council of Picky Eaters. Petey: I'm ranking each candy by size, flavor, density, color, texture, complexity, mouthfeel, presence of raisins, excetera, to find out which candy is the most unobjectionable. Alice: A good game to play with Halloween candy would be "See if Alice likes it"! Petey: And the winner, because it's small, waxy and practically tasteless, is candy corn!
bigcatbusiness about 8 years ago
I think you should consider cavities too.
ellisaana Premium Member about 8 years ago
Candy corn – dyed, solidified corn syrup. So terrible yet so addictive.
einarbt about 8 years ago
Ahhhh, sugar.
c.davies about 8 years ago
Did anyone ask Alice if she likes it? Candy Corn is disgusting
TossedSaladCartoon about 8 years ago
Lewis Black did the best bit about Candy Corn…
Dani Rice about 8 years ago
Yuck. Candy Corn. I’m amazed – amazed, I tell you! – that Petey would even consider that stuff. Who was it said candy corn ruined both candy AND corn?
mommavamp about 8 years ago
Candy corn is worthless—-now those little pumpkins by the same manufacture———those are wonderful. And addictive. I’m kind of glad they only come out once a year. I’m so weak!
Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member about 8 years ago
Candy corn isn’t tasteless. It’s pretty sweet. I would think wax lips would be up there among the tasteless.
joegee about 8 years ago
Why does Alice have a tail?
Kaputnik about 8 years ago
I didn’t realize you were supposed to eat candy corn. I thought it was slingshot ammo.
chromosome Premium Member about 8 years ago
I wonder if the flavor in candy corn is something some people can taste and others can’t. I enjoy the flavor enough I never buy it because I would eat it, and there isn’t any other nutrition in it but sugar.
Ermine Notyours about 8 years ago
Candy corn is the Pringles of candy.
humorist54 Premium Member about 8 years ago
Candy corn is vile. I can’t believe Petey would eat it, considering it isn’t wrapped and may be covered with the germs of everyone who touched it!
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 8 years ago
Once you bite into it the taste bursts forth.
bfrg45 about 8 years ago
I love candy corn! But it’s solid corn syrup, and I’m allergic to corn. So please eat enough for me, too!
Sisyphos about 8 years ago
I’m not sure Petey has thought this through thoroughly. As several Commenteres have pointed out, candy corn is tricolor. The International Council of Picky Eaters can’t be totally happy with that. But, to be sure, the taste is pretty bland and vile.
Aice has the right idea. Just eat the stuff before it gets stale!
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 8 years ago
God help me, I used to love candy corn as a kid. Now I can’t stomach the stuff. The intricacies of the formulae employed by the International Council of Picky Eaters are beyond my comprehension, but I am confident that Petey is well versed. He lists color as a factor, so I think it is safe to conclude that candy corn’s tri-color appearance is accounted for. I’m guessing the absence of raisins weighs heavily in its favor, but clearly that is not an unusual attribute.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 8 years ago
Alice is nothing if not opportunistic.
anniebodyhome about 8 years ago
The best is Brachs, made with “real” honey (is there fake honey?). Yum.