Three Musketeers – a 5 cent candy bar is well before my time… I can remember them being 15 cents, then rising to 20 cents due to inflation. And, candy was still sold in wax paper-like wrappers.
My dad told me about the Three Musketeers bar being the tree flavors, but, as time went on the packing got sloppy You might get two bars of one flavor one of another or you might get all of one flavor. It probably was cheaper to do one bar instead of three.
As shown a little more clearly at http://www.candywrapperarchive.com/candy-collector/1939-3-musketeers/, the slogan in quotes under the musketeers is “When you crave good candy.” Makes me weep, not because it’s a sentence fragment but rather it describes my day-to-day struggle to subdue my A1C.
This shows how old I am, I used to eat those 3 Musketeers bars – I only had a nickel weekly allowance and had to decide whether to spend on a large candy bar, a cup of ice cream [with a wooden spoon] or a twin pops popsicle [large popsicle that could be broken in half – each side had its own stick]. Everything else – including a tall bottle of Pepsi – was at least 7 cents.
The big T cannot even correctly spell all simple words of his own mother tongue, so what is the point in mentioning that Maria Antonia couldn’t correctly spell “the French version” of her name?
At that time I earned 42 cents an hour. Work out how long it would take to work for a candy bar, then figure how long it would take to do it today. We’re ahead.
Templo S.U.D. almost 6 years ago
how did M.A. misspell her French name: Mari Antuanett?
therese_callahan2002 almost 6 years ago
According to something I read, the pig was a sow, and she and her piglets stood trial for the murder. The piglets’ lives were spared.
therese_callahan2002 almost 6 years ago
By the time I was born, Three Musketeers had become what it is now.
Breadboard almost 6 years ago
All that for a 5 Cents …… if you could get the old style 3 musketeers bar what would it cost now ?
sheilag almost 6 years ago
Three Musketeers – a 5 cent candy bar is well before my time… I can remember them being 15 cents, then rising to 20 cents due to inflation. And, candy was still sold in wax paper-like wrappers.
Dkram almost 6 years ago
My dad told me about the Three Musketeers bar being the tree flavors, but, as time went on the packing got sloppy You might get two bars of one flavor one of another or you might get all of one flavor. It probably was cheaper to do one bar instead of three.
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JaneCl almost 6 years ago
There used to be a chocolate bar called Seven Up. It had 7 little sections, each with different fillings and a Brazil nut in the center.
b.m.razzilla almost 6 years ago
I’d say that pig was roasted big time…
Ripplin almost 6 years ago
And that misspelling was……???
Grammar.Consulting almost 6 years ago
As shown a little more clearly at http://www.candywrapperarchive.com/candy-collector/1939-3-musketeers/, the slogan in quotes under the musketeers is “When you crave good candy.” Makes me weep, not because it’s a sentence fragment but rather it describes my day-to-day struggle to subdue my A1C.
Pipe Tobacco almost 6 years ago
I never new that about Three Musketeers! I think it would be wonderful if they brought back the other two flavors!!!!!
RonnieAThompson Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Same problem
bookworm0812 almost 6 years ago
Oh, man! If that would make a comeback, I’d love to try it! Even though I’m not a huge fan of 3Ms. Except for the mint one.
Rose Madder Premium Member almost 6 years ago
This shows how old I am, I used to eat those 3 Musketeers bars – I only had a nickel weekly allowance and had to decide whether to spend on a large candy bar, a cup of ice cream [with a wooden spoon] or a twin pops popsicle [large popsicle that could be broken in half – each side had its own stick]. Everything else – including a tall bottle of Pepsi – was at least 7 cents.
Spock almost 6 years ago
The big T cannot even correctly spell all simple words of his own mother tongue, so what is the point in mentioning that Maria Antonia couldn’t correctly spell “the French version” of her name?
coffeeturtle almost 6 years ago
Did they eat the pig after it was executed? Shame for all that bacon to go to waste.
Stephen Gilberg almost 6 years ago
Wait, why was she writing her own birth certificate? Wasn’t she too young at the time?
craigwestlake almost 6 years ago
Aren’t all child-killers at least pigs?…
Diane Leon almost 6 years ago
At that time I earned 42 cents an hour. Work out how long it would take to work for a candy bar, then figure how long it would take to do it today. We’re ahead.