Twinkie Confession

[dwkennedy]

I don't care for twinkies but those orange cupcakes were fantastic and i'll miss those very much. The little doughnuts weren't bad either.

You're not the first I have heard say that. I bought my first--and perhaps last-- box of orange cupcakes last week.

They were good, kind of like a round Twinkie with orange frosting on top.

I think the world can live without twinkies... But I don't like the direction this signals. Less choice for consumers, people losing jobs, unions taking a hard line against wage decreases, despite clear data that wages across the board are going down.

Extrapolate these trends into the future, and you see a world stricken with poverty, and long lines at what few stores remain to by whatever happens to be left on the shelves. But maybe it's just my magnificent imagination?

 

[greezypete]

Mind telling us where you work so we can make the same choice if we wish?

IBEW local 1141

Nothing personal. It's just like the gun buster signs. I try to support people who are not openly hostile to me and mine.

 

[reddog1]

LOL.......... Ok will do.

I'm glad you set me straight.

Glad to help!!

 

[ConstitutionCowboy]

I think I like the pop iconography/nostalgia factor of Twinkies more than the actual taste of Twinkies.

Any one else feel the same way?

When was the last time you actually ate a Twinkie?

For me, it's probably been 35 years or so since I ate one. Something in the recipe changed around that time. They haven't tasted as good since then. It's like when margarine "replaced" butter. I'm back on the butter wagon, and I'd still be eating Twinkies if it weren't for the change, and they'd still sell like 22LR cartridges.

Woody

 

[93 FOX]

So...........................when's the last time you guys have had a Twinkie?

 

[RidgeHunter]

Yay, another thread where OSA finds blue-collar workers to be the source of all economic problems.

All I know is I wish we got the full range of Tastykakes out here. Tastykakes are the steak of processed gas station treats; Hostess are the hamburgers.

 

[mapcon1941]

I would be curious to see what the CEO and top tier management salaries are before I considered taking a pay cut. My CEO "earns" $12M+ many perks/bonuses annually. There is a lot of room for cost savings if he "earned" $2M annually, it would be tough to live on that low of a salary though.

 

[pistolpete95]

I'll miss the little chocolate donuts. I call them my wax donuts. They just seem waterproof.

 

[Seedy]

I'll miss the little chocolate donuts. I call them my wax donuts. They just seem waterproof.

I've eaten those fairly recently...they are "good" in the same way that jack-on-the-box tacos are "good". I might even prefer them over twinkies.

 

[HMFIC]

I would be curious to see what the CEO and top tier management salaries are before I considered taking a pay cut. My CEO "earns" $12M+ many perks/bonuses annually. There is a lot of room for cost savings if he "earned" $2M annually, it would be tough to live on that low of a salary though.

Yup. Read the articles. The pay cuts would have applied to management as well and in fact they already rolled back the pay increases that they slithered in earlier in the year.