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06-18-2004, 10:06 PM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
"Eric S. Sande" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
>>Innocence is so bland, like those white jelly beans. Why do those
>>things exist?
>
> For contrast. If white jelly beans did not exist, they would have
> to be invented.

I was wondering if maybe they evolved that way as
a survival tactic. Nobody picks the white ones.
Sort of like keeping a commuter bike nondescript,
to reduce the chances of it getting stolen.

White jelly beans really should have a flavour, though.
I guess vanilla is the obvious possibility. Maple
would be interesting.

cheers,
Tom

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06-18-2004, 11:29 PM

>I was wondering if maybe they evolved that way as a survival tactic.
>Nobody picks the white ones. Sort of like keeping a commuter bike
>nondescript, to reduce the chances of it getting stolen.

Jelly beans don't evolve. At least not that I know of. I mean
I've seen some gourmet jelly beans that are flavor enhanced, I'm
talking jelly beans that taste like buttered popcorn, strawberry
something or other, etc.

Fairly easy to get, in season. Mostly around the holidays.

Kids will almost never pick the white and black jelly beans, those
are always the last to go. Oh yeah, the green ones are a hard
sell as well.

Purple, supposed to be grape, is the next least popular.

The black ones taste of licorice, which is a hard sell to adults,
much less kids. As you say the white ones taste of nothing, ick.

The green ones taste like, well, green jelly beans. Sort of like
toothpaste with sugar in it.

Watching kids eat jelly beans is a very enlightening experience,
I can assure you, having had some observational opportunities.

The red, yellow and orange ones tend to disappear fast, leaving the
more questionable ones behind. Shortly you are left with a bowl of
white and black jelly beans, many carrying fingerprints and lint.

This, I submit, is your lot as a cyclist.

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06-18-2004, 11:29 PM

>I was wondering if maybe they evolved that way as a survival tactic.
>Nobody picks the white ones. Sort of like keeping a commuter bike
>nondescript, to reduce the chances of it getting stolen.

Jelly beans don't evolve. At least not that I know of. I mean
I've seen some gourmet jelly beans that are flavor enhanced, I'm
talking jelly beans that taste like buttered popcorn, strawberry
something or other, etc.

Fairly easy to get, in season. Mostly around the holidays.

Kids will almost never pick the white and black jelly beans, those
are always the last to go. Oh yeah, the green ones are a hard
sell as well.

Purple, supposed to be grape, is the next least popular.

The black ones taste of licorice, which is a hard sell to adults,
much less kids. As you say the white ones taste of nothing, ick.

The green ones taste like, well, green jelly beans. Sort of like
toothpaste with sugar in it.

Watching kids eat jelly beans is a very enlightening experience,
I can assure you, having had some observational opportunities.

The red, yellow and orange ones tend to disappear fast, leaving the
more questionable ones behind. Shortly you are left with a bowl of
white and black jelly beans, many carrying fingerprints and lint.

This, I submit, is your lot as a cyclist.

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_______________________ALL AMIGA IN MY MIND_______________________
------------------"Buddy Holly, the Texas Elvis"------------------
__________306.350.357.38>>cwhitman@texastwr.utaust in.edu__________

06-18-2004, 11:29 PM

>I was wondering if maybe they evolved that way as a survival tactic.
>Nobody picks the white ones. Sort of like keeping a commuter bike
>nondescript, to reduce the chances of it getting stolen.

Jelly beans don't evolve. At least not that I know of. I mean
I've seen some gourmet jelly beans that are flavor enhanced, I'm
talking jelly beans that taste like buttered popcorn, strawberry
something or other, etc.

Fairly easy to get, in season. Mostly around the holidays.

Kids will almost never pick the white and black jelly beans, those
are always the last to go. Oh yeah, the green ones are a hard
sell as well.

Purple, supposed to be grape, is the next least popular.

The black ones taste of licorice, which is a hard sell to adults,
much less kids. As you say the white ones taste of nothing, ick.

The green ones taste like, well, green jelly beans. Sort of like
toothpaste with sugar in it.

Watching kids eat jelly beans is a very enlightening experience,
I can assure you, having had some observational opportunities.

The red, yellow and orange ones tend to disappear fast, leaving the
more questionable ones behind. Shortly you are left with a bowl of
white and black jelly beans, many carrying fingerprints and lint.

This, I submit, is your lot as a cyclist.

--

_______________________ALL AMIGA IN MY MIND_______________________
------------------"Buddy Holly, the Texas Elvis"------------------
__________306.350.357.38>>cwhitman@texastwr.utaust in.edu__________

06-18-2004, 11:29 PM

>I was wondering if maybe they evolved that way as a survival tactic.
>Nobody picks the white ones. Sort of like keeping a commuter bike
>nondescript, to reduce the chances of it getting stolen.

Jelly beans don't evolve. At least not that I know of. I mean
I've seen some gourmet jelly beans that are flavor enhanced, I'm
talking jelly beans that taste like buttered popcorn, strawberry
something or other, etc.

Fairly easy to get, in season. Mostly around the holidays.

Kids will almost never pick the white and black jelly beans, those
are always the last to go. Oh yeah, the green ones are a hard
sell as well.

Purple, supposed to be grape, is the next least popular.

The black ones taste of licorice, which is a hard sell to adults,
much less kids. As you say the white ones taste of nothing, ick.

The green ones taste like, well, green jelly beans. Sort of like
toothpaste with sugar in it.

Watching kids eat jelly beans is a very enlightening experience,
I can assure you, having had some observational opportunities.

The red, yellow and orange ones tend to disappear fast, leaving the
more questionable ones behind. Shortly you are left with a bowl of
white and black jelly beans, many carrying fingerprints and lint.

This, I submit, is your lot as a cyclist.

--

_______________________ALL AMIGA IN MY MIND_______________________
------------------"Buddy Holly, the Texas Elvis"------------------
__________306.350.357.38>>cwhitman@texastwr.utaust in.edu__________

06-18-2004, 11:29 PM

>I was wondering if maybe they evolved that way as a survival tactic.
>Nobody picks the white ones. Sort of like keeping a commuter bike
>nondescript, to reduce the chances of it getting stolen.

Jelly beans don't evolve. At least not that I know of. I mean
I've seen some gourmet jelly beans that are flavor enhanced, I'm
talking jelly beans that taste like buttered popcorn, strawberry
something or other, etc.

Fairly easy to get, in season. Mostly around the holidays.

Kids will almost never pick the white and black jelly beans, those
are always the last to go. Oh yeah, the green ones are a hard
sell as well.

Purple, supposed to be grape, is the next least popular.

The black ones taste of licorice, which is a hard sell to adults,
much less kids. As you say the white ones taste of nothing, ick.

The green ones taste like, well, green jelly beans. Sort of like
toothpaste with sugar in it.

Watching kids eat jelly beans is a very enlightening experience,
I can assure you, having had some observational opportunities.

The red, yellow and orange ones tend to disappear fast, leaving the
more questionable ones behind. Shortly you are left with a bowl of
white and black jelly beans, many carrying fingerprints and lint.

This, I submit, is your lot as a cyclist.

--

_______________________ALL AMIGA IN MY MIND_______________________
------------------"Buddy Holly, the Texas Elvis"------------------
__________306.350.357.38>>cwhitman@texastwr.utaust in.edu__________