Twinkies

Big Phil · Post by **Big Phil** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 3:32 am

The company I work for just got taken over by a US company. As part of a "get to know you" - type exercise their HR director sent over several boxes of Twinkies, Ding-Dongs (!?) Suzy Q's and other stuff, since we didn't know what they were. Regarding the much publicised American obesity epidemic:- "Well there's your problem right there!" - as the guys on Mythbusters say.
Over 50% sugar by weight, 10% fat, 2 % protein ( I think the remainder is preservative). F**K me - it's a coffin in a packet!

Lest I sound too smug, Australia is also in the middle of an "obesity epidemic" - part of which is scare-mongering by health researchers to get more funding I am sure. Anyway, I thought those sweets were funny. Needless to say, I didn't eat any.

Have a good day,

Phil.

gratefuldeb67 · Post by **gratefuldeb67** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:19 am

That was a funny post Phil!
Can you believe this?
There are some places that actually serve these twinkies *deep fried*!

Take care and steer clear of the cute little yellow thing that's 100% not healthy!
LOL!!!

Love,

Debs

ps.. Ding dong! LOL..

Post by **reinhard** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 2:13 pm

I have nothing against wonderful junk like this if you eat it once in a while (I urban ranger past a tootsie roll factory every day on my way to work. Very tempting! I feel like a character out of Rahl Dahl). What gets me is, as you point out, how people who routinely wolf down family packs of them act surprised that they then get fat. They pay the junk food companies to make them fat, then they pay the diet industrial complex more money to sell them complex and flattering reasons to distract them from this obvious cause.

The other thing that's kind of funny is how they all sound sort of like porn stars. In some deep and pathetic corner of the mind, the appeal must be similar.

Reinhard

gratefuldeb67 · Post by **gratefuldeb67** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 3:02 pm

Hahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

pangelsue · Post by **pangelsue** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 12:43 pm

Fake food is so unappealing, I am amazed anyone buys it. My daughter has a friend who buys a package of the awful things and devours the whole package while watching a movie. Course, I love circus peanuts and marshmellow peeps and my husband says he can't watch me eat them because he thinks they are so awful. He always says, why don't you just eat straight from the sugar jar. One man's food is another man's poison. I think Reinhard is right about the porn star appeal thingy though. Maybe they should dress the twinkies in sequins and have them dance and strip for the commercials. LOL. Enjoy you lovely No S day, guys.