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[majorlyugh]

cool, i'll likewise hit up some stores myself. don't want you to be the sole provider of full-sized candy bars since i also completely lost track of the date.

yeah, but i doubt any kid really GOT that. i didn't get it 'til i was an adult.

[wouldificould]

[ It's probably an odd question but ... ]

Did you go trick-or-treating as a kid?

[majorlyugh]

.... yeah, sometimes. like a LOT as a really little kid, less and less as i got older. kids caring about what's cool and whatever, meanwhile they're missing out on free candy. what a waste.

why? did you?

[wouldificould]

Technically, yes, I guess. But it was always something my mother engineered for PR.

[majorlyugh]

do i have to like, figure that one out for myself?

i don't get it.

[wouldificould]

[ Shit. ]

It's not important. What is important is I was never allowed to keep the candy.

[majorlyugh]

i mean, you brought it up? so it sounds like it could've been important?

but i can take the hint of, 'i don't wanna talk about it,' so we don't have to talk about it.

... damn, i'm sorry. what happened to it?

[wouldificould]

I grew up as a child actress.

Given away to sick and less fortunate kids.

[majorlyugh]

like shirley temple? every so often, i get flashbacks of that weird shirley temple infomercial that used to be on tv at ungodly hours, and all i remember is, 'animal crackers in my soup, monkeys and rabbits, loop de loop' and it gets stuck on repeat. it stays there for like, days.

that's .. not the worst use of candy. but that sucks for you, to have grown up not getting any.

[wouldificould]

Less dancing and singing, though not for lack of trying. My mother really wanted me to be a triple threat.

I could get away with sneaking a piece every now and then.

[majorlyugh]

do you have a fave candy?

[wouldificould]

Chocolate truffles. Barring that, licorice.

[majorlyugh]

like the black kind? really?

[wouldificould]

I don't get why people hate it so much. The flavor is good, you just have to limit how much you eat at one time.

[majorlyugh]

because it's not really ... sweet, i guess. people tend to gravitate towards chocolates and sugary stuff. black licorice is just .. not .. that. plus the fact that you can OD on the stuff makes me feel like it's something we, as humans, shouldn't be eating.

[wouldificould]

If tapioca's prepared incorrectly, it turns into cyanide. There's plenty of things human being shouldn't eat.

[majorlyugh]

i have so many questions.

like how you know such a random, random tidbit of information.

i'm also never going to eat tapioca pudding ever again. i knew those weird little gelatinous balls were suspicious.

[wouldificould]

I interviewed a food blogger on my show back home. I also learned that nutmeg is technically a hallucinogenic drug.

How do you know that you can OD on licorice?

[majorlyugh]

your .. show? you had a show?

WHAT this is such intriguing information. what other randomly bizarre but cool food trivia you got for me?

i knew someone who get super duper sick after eating too much of it in college. i took him to the ER and the nurse there told him that it was from the licorice. he had crazy heart issues.

[wouldificould]

Radio show. Like the one I host here, except there it has a better name, better branding, and much better guests and topics.

Let's see. Cashews are related to poison ivy. Red kidney beans contain a toxin that will kill stomach cells, which is why they have to be soaked or boiled first.

[majorlyugh]

so literally better in every way possible, is what you're saying.

what in the hell?? how have we not completely killed ourselves on accident at this point as a species???