I bought a bag of Dum-Dum suckers, only the Spangler Candy Company calls them Dum-Dum Pops. I unwrapped one of them ... pineapple, which is one of my favorite flavors. What the fuck?
I want to know what the hell happened to Dum-Dum suckers. At least they still offer stuff to buy. Send away 20 wrappers with some money, and they send you your stuff. That's still the same.
I want to know what the hell happened to Dum-Dum suckers. The suckers are like way smaller than they used to be ... well, maybe not way smaller ... but smaller. At the website, the company addresses the question of why the suckers are so small; and the answer some wise guy gives is: Most of our customers feel Dum Dum Pops are just the right size for a perfect treat. It's quick, convenient, and packed with flavor. It's just right for kids (and big kids too)!
That is bullshit! I took my own informal survey this afternoon, handing out a few of the suckers to the guys and the woman hanging out at Settlers' Landing. All of them ... and I believe them to be a representative sample of the American population ... said they remembered the suckers being slightly larger, except the one guy who said his mother never stole candy when he and his sisters were growing up and couldn't give an opinion. He did ask for a second sucker ... he wanted red. I obliged.
I'm not talking like they were huge or anything like that. They were just slightly larger.
Also, there is a ridge around the sucker. I recall that the stick was stuck right into that ridge that ran north-south parallel to the stick. Now, the ridge is around the equator of the sucker, perpendicular to the stick. Why is that? Granted, I haven't had one of these suckers in like 20 years ... since ripping them off from Matt and Jackson at Halloween ... until Matt became aware that the bootie was all his ... and Jackson's, and that even though I came along with them, whether or not I was dressed for it, I could not claim any title whatsoever to the candy he and Jackson collected.
I want to know what the hell happened to Dum-Dum suckers. The memory of those suckers may have faded a little, but I'm quite sure of the ridge being parallel to the stick. And I'm quite sure that they are a little smaller in size. Why?
I'm with ya' on this guy! Sam loves Dum-Dum suckers. He wants to know why they are smaller also. The truth is, all the candy we loved so well years ago is smaller. Have you noticed mallow-cups and resse cups? Why you can finish them in one and a half bites! Also, the taste of candies are so different. Tootsie rolls have such a shitty waxy taste nowadays, instead of the pure chocolatey taste they used to have. The new preservatives being used in our candy and foods is for shit! I for one, am really pissed about the whole thing. I think we need a revolution. What say you?
Posted by: Trace at August 18, 2006 12:13 AMword.
dum dums have gotten really wicked small, and tootsie pops are really too big to just stick in your cheek.
dum dums used to be perfect and they fucked with them the way they're trying to fuck with pluto.
i call rebellion!
bastards. (raises fist in air). let's get'em. and yes, we sound like a bunch of old cranks but i don't give a shit.
i'm all for throwing a spaz.
Posted by: christine at August 19, 2006 10:21 AMDum Dums have always had the ridge circum...around the "equator" and Tootsie pops have theirs parallel to the stick.
Pineapple Dum Dums are the best! Second best is watermelon. I hate the "mystery" ?? flavor - like they had all these leftover syrups and just dumped 'em together. Sort of like Thursday night leftovers for supper at our house...
Posted by: Cowtown Pattie at August 20, 2006 12:11 AM