M&M's

Kobi · 01-23-2011, 11:00 PM

Some days you have serious conversations. Somedays they are downright silly.

Todays incredibly boring Packers/Bears games spawned a convo about how best to eat M&M's.

It seems colors are meaningless to some who just eat the lil buggers without any thought to which colors they are popping in their mouths.

Some like to sort out the colors, putting their favorite colors to one side to eat last.

Some refuse to eat certain colors for a variety of odd reasons.

Some like to eat certain colors in pairs.

Some weirdo's, like me, separate all the colors into piles, eating from one pile at a time, with my favorite colors red and blue left to savor at the end.

Anyone else have M&M preferences?

DomnNC · 01-23-2011, 11:10 PM

This is how I like my M&M's and yes I actually have this t-shirt as well.

sharkchomp · 01-23-2011, 11:18 PM

HA! Great tshirt Dom!!!!!

With the beginning of every football season I eat my M&M's in a very specific order. The first color to be eaten is always green, then brown, yellow, red, blue and finally orange. See my team's colors are orange and white. Now I know that how I eat my M&M's won't help them win, it's more of an honor thing. BUT - the first year I did this UT won the national championship and the Lady Vols basketball team won a national championship - so I don't dare eat an orange first!

~~~shark~~~~~~~~

Jesse · 01-23-2011, 11:42 PM

Donating my M&Ms here because I don't eat milk chocolate, nor food coloring. Not even sure how I ended up with these in the first place.

ravfem · 01-23-2011, 11:47 PM

Much like Cara, i separate them all into color piles first off. Then, i make sure each pile has the same number (which means i eat the extras).

i don't eat them in any certain order, but my last 2 are always yellow & orange.

(and i personally don't like the blue, why mess up perfection??)

Diva · 01-23-2011, 11:51 PM

I'm not a purist.....I don't separate them.....but I DO eat the green ones first (when I eat M&M's) because they are good for You......

I save the brown ones till the last....because.....well.....they're just not as fun to eat. I'm talkin' about the M&M's now, people.....

amiyesiam · 01-24-2011, 12:15 AM

I eat the brown ones first. (I don't like them)
then I see how many there are of each color and I eat them fewest of each color to most of each color.

cara · 01-23-2011, 11:18 PM

I dump the package of m&ms on the table and separate them into same-color piles. From there, I sort them into piles that contain one of each color available. I eat the piles that don't have all colors represented first. From there, I eat them by pile...one pile at a time and one m&m at a time. I contemplate the different color combinations I can create.

All the colors taste the same to me, but I really miss the light brown m&ms. I liked the color scheme before they added blue. The holiday themed bags are not right. But I do like to see what shapes they throw on the holiday m&ms. I think the bunny butt in the Easter/spring mix is cute. hehe.

So I'm a little OCD about eating m&ms.

afixer · 01-24-2011, 06:29 AM

peanut. by the handful. love blue.

iamkeri1 · 01-24-2011, 10:07 PM

I just showed this to my room mate Ben, because he always says I am nuts when I eat M&Ms.

I hereby state categorically that my behavior is NOT OCD because I only eat them this way when a flat surface is available. When munching M&Ms in a darkened theatre, or in a car, I can throw them down just as they come out of the bag.

BUT ... given a flat surface, this is what I do.
I dump them all out, sort them into separate piles for each color. Then I make a straight line for each color, longest line on top, shortest line on the bottom. Then I start eating the colors that have the longest lines (I do also count them, as my goal is to end up with a equal number of each color.) Once the numbers are even, I eat one of each color until they are gone.

Cara, I also miss the light brown ones. My SIL has been boycotting the blue ones since they replaced the light brown ones. She dumps all her M&Ms in a bowl. Whether or not she eats them in any particular order I don't know, but she WON'T eat the blue ones. Her kids are grateful for her refusal to eat them, and have spent lots of time thinking of reasons that she might want to stop eating various other colors as well.

I must say, we do sound like a bunch of nuts with all these vaious M&M eating strategies, LOL
Smooches,
Keri

cara · 01-24-2011, 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iamkeri1

I just showed this to my room mate Ben, because he always says I am nuts when I eat M&Ms.

I hereby state categorically that my behavior is NOT OCD because I only eat them this way when a flat surface is available. When munching M&Ms in a darkened theatre, or in a car, I can throw them down just as they come out of the bag.

BUT ... given a flat surface, this is what I do.
I dump them all out, sort them into separate piles for each color. Then I make a straight line for each color, longest line on top, shortest line on the bottom. Then I start eating the colors that have the longest lines (I do also count them, as my goal is to end up with a equal number of each color.) Once the numbers are even, I eat one of each color until they are gone.

Cara, I also miss the light brown ones. My SIL has been boycotting the blue ones since they replaced the light brown ones. She dumps all her M&Ms in a bowl. Whether or not she eats them in any particular order I don't know, but she WON'T eat the blue ones. Her kids are grateful for her refusal to eat them, and have spent lots of time thinking of reasons that she might want to stop eating various other colors as well.

I must say, we do sound like a bunch of nuts with all these vaious M&M eating strategies, LOL
Smooches,
Keri

Oooh! I like your way. I might hafta steal it.

Wryly · 01-24-2011, 11:00 PM

I only eat the peanut M&Ms. In Canada we have Smarties, which are similar to plain M&Ms, and I prefer those.
If I'm eating M&Ms at home I pick out the red and blue ones and save them for last. The rest I sort into colours and then eat 1 of each colour until they are all gone.
At the movies I just dump them into my bag of popcorn. The rest of the time I just eat whichever one I pick out of the bag no matter the colour.

LipstickLola · 01-25-2011, 01:02 AM

I love peanut M&M's...no particular order of color, but, I eat them one at a time, and take several bites out of each one making them last as long as possible.

And yes, that game yesterday was as much fun as watching paint dry

OS Butch · 05-14-2011, 08:58 PM

LOL! I thought I was the only one that does this.....I am a closet M&M eater, I never let anybody see me do this....Well, now the whole Planet knows!

Quote:

Originally Posted by iamkeri1

BUT ... given a flat surface, this is what I do.
I dump them all out, sort them into separate piles for each color. Then I make a straight line for each color, longest line on top, shortest line on the bottom. Then I start eating the colors that have the longest lines (I do also count them, as my goal is to end up with a equal number of each color.) Once the numbers are even, I eat one of each color until they are gone.

OS Butch · 05-14-2011, 09:04 PM

What I am really liking the new M&M commercials. The last one I saw was the one with the robbery in progress and the guy says he is gonna eat one of the hostages! The new pretzel M&M commercials are a hoot too!

iamkeri1 · 05-14-2011, 08:24 PM

I'm having a major chocolate craving and wishing, wishing, wishing I had a handfull of M&M's.

Smooches,
Keri

scootebaby · 05-14-2011, 09:07 PM

i got a couple ways of eating them...sometimes by the handful and other times they have to color coordinate....i.e orange/blue red/yellow browns are always by themselves greens can go with any of the colors--except brown.....sometimes i turn them upset down and eat them as W&Ws to liven things up!

01-23-2011, 11:00 PM	#1
Kobi Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Biological female. Lesbian. Relationship Status: Happy Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hanging out in the Atlantic. Posts: 9,234 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,840 Thanked 34,662 Times in 7,652 Posts Rep Power: 21474860	M&M's Some days you have serious conversations. Somedays they are downright silly. Todays incredibly boring Packers/Bears games spawned a convo about how best to eat M&M's. It seems colors are meaningless to some who just eat the lil buggers without any thought to which colors they are popping in their mouths. Some like to sort out the colors, putting their favorite colors to one side to eat last. Some refuse to eat certain colors for a variety of odd reasons. Some like to eat certain colors in pairs. Some weirdo's, like me, separate all the colors into piles, eating from one pile at a time, with my favorite colors red and blue left to savor at the end. Anyone else have M&M preferences? __________________

01-23-2011, 11:18 PM	#3
sharkchomp Member How Do You Identify?: TG/stone butch Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Knoxville Posts: 426 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 419 Thanked 1,341 Times in 309 Posts Rep Power: 9701637	HA! Great tshirt Dom!!!!! With the beginning of every football season I eat my M&M's in a very specific order. The first color to be eaten is always green, then brown, yellow, red, blue and finally orange. See my team's colors are orange and white. Now I know that how I eat my M&M's won't help them win, it's more of an honor thing. BUT - the first year I did this UT won the national championship and the Lady Vols basketball team won a national championship - so I don't dare eat an orange first! ~~~shark~~~~~~~~ __________________ take a fish boating

01-23-2011, 11:42 PM	#4
Jesse Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Transguy Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Central West Coast of Florida Posts: 5,204 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,866 Thanked 17,793 Times in 3,939 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	Donating my M&Ms here because I don't eat milk chocolate, nor food coloring. Not even sure how I ended up with these in the first place. __________________ “You’re so hard on yourself. Take a moment. Sit back. Marvel at your life: at the grief that softened you, at the heartache that widened you, at the suffering that strengthened you. Despite everything, you still grow. Be proud of this.”

01-23-2011, 11:47 PM	#5
ravfem Senior Member How Do You Identify?: i'm a girl Relationship Status: negative Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,811 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,239 Thanked 3,126 Times in 1,269 Posts Rep Power: 1969285	Much like Cara, i separate them all into color piles first off. Then, i make sure each pile has the same number (which means i eat the extras). i don't eat them in any certain order, but my last 2 are always yellow & orange. (and i personally don't like the blue, why mess up perfection??) __________________ Last edited by ravfem; 01-23-2011 at 11:47 PM. Reason: grabbing all of Jesse's m&ms and running to hide them

01-24-2011, 12:15 AM	#7
amiyesiam Senior Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: she/they Relationship Status: single Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: pa Posts: 2,703 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 17,488 Thanked 10,138 Times in 2,161 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	I eat the brown ones first. (I don't like them) then I see how many there are of each color and I eat them fewest of each color to most of each color. __________________ A year from now you will wish that you started today~Karen Lamb

01-23-2011, 11:10 PM	#2
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01-23-2011, 11:51 PM	#6
Diva Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Diva Preferred Pronoun?: Diva Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chez Diva Posts: 11,879 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,263 Thanked 17,180 Times in 5,238 Posts Rep Power: 0	I'm not a purist.....I don't separate them.....but I DO eat the green ones first (when I eat M&M's) because they are good for You...... I save the brown ones till the last....because.....well.....they're just not as fun to eat. I'm talkin' about the M&M's now, people.....

01-23-2011, 11:18 PM	#8
cara Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Queer/lesbian femme Preferred Pronoun?: She/her Relationship Status: Married to my love 08.15.15 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Snohomish County, Washington State Posts: 3,401 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,994 Thanked 13,254 Times in 2,724 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	I dump the package of m&ms on the table and separate them into same-color piles. From there, I sort them into piles that contain one of each color available. I eat the piles that don't have all colors represented first. From there, I eat them by pile...one pile at a time and one m&m at a time. I contemplate the different color combinations I can create. All the colors taste the same to me, but I really miss the light brown m&ms. I liked the color scheme before they added blue. The holiday themed bags are not right. But I do like to see what shapes they throw on the holiday m&ms. I think the bunny butt in the Easter/spring mix is cute. hehe. So I'm a little OCD about eating m&ms. __________________ "The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you; they are unique manifestations of the human spirit." ~Wade Davis

01-24-2011, 06:29 AM	#9
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01-24-2011, 10:07 PM	#10
iamkeri1 Member How Do You Identify?: femme woman Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: solo Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 821 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 250 Thanked 1,944 Times in 584 Posts Rep Power: 14065934	I just showed this to my room mate Ben, because he always says I am nuts when I eat M&Ms. I hereby state categorically that my behavior is NOT OCD because I only eat them this way when a flat surface is available. When munching M&Ms in a darkened theatre, or in a car, I can throw them down just as they come out of the bag. BUT ... given a flat surface, this is what I do. I dump them all out, sort them into separate piles for each color. Then I make a straight line for each color, longest line on top, shortest line on the bottom. Then I start eating the colors that have the longest lines (I do also count them, as my goal is to end up with a equal number of each color.) Once the numbers are even, I eat one of each color until they are gone. Cara, I also miss the light brown ones. My SIL has been boycotting the blue ones since they replaced the light brown ones. She dumps all her M&Ms in a bowl. Whether or not she eats them in any particular order I don't know, but she WON'T eat the blue ones. Her kids are grateful for her refusal to eat them, and have spent lots of time thinking of reasons that she might want to stop eating various other colors as well. I must say, we do sound like a bunch of nuts with all these vaious M&M eating strategies, LOL Smooches, Keri

01-24-2011, 11:00 PM	#12
Wryly Member How Do You Identify?: bemused butch Preferred Pronoun?: polite ones, please Relationship Status: single butch Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: my little butch house Posts: 988 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,789 Thanked 1,568 Times in 620 Posts Rep Power: 14094253	I only eat the peanut M&Ms. In Canada we have Smarties, which are similar to plain M&Ms, and I prefer those. If I'm eating M&Ms at home I pick out the red and blue ones and save them for last. The rest I sort into colours and then eat 1 of each colour until they are all gone. At the movies I just dump them into my bag of popcorn. The rest of the time I just eat whichever one I pick out of the bag no matter the colour.

01-25-2011, 01:02 AM	#13
LipstickLola Member How Do You Identify?: Happy Preferred Pronoun?: she Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: planet Earth Posts: 682 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,679 Thanked 1,597 Times in 433 Posts Rep Power: 5678216	I love peanut M&M's...no particular order of color, but, I eat them one at a time, and take several bites out of each one making them last as long as possible. And yes, that game yesterday was as much fun as watching paint dry

05-14-2011, 09:04 PM	#15
OS Butch Member How Do You Identify?: Butch-BLW Preferred Pronoun?: Default-She Relationship Status: Closed Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 636 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 488 Thanked 1,378 Times in 461 Posts Rep Power: 12988703	What I am really liking the new M&M commercials. The last one I saw was the one with the robbery in progress and the guy says he is gonna eat one of the hostages! The new pretzel M&M commercials are a hoot too!

05-14-2011, 08:24 PM	#16
iamkeri1 Member How Do You Identify?: femme woman Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: solo Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 821 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 250 Thanked 1,944 Times in 584 Posts Rep Power: 14065934	I'm having a major chocolate craving and wishing, wishing, wishing I had a handfull of M&M's. Smooches, Keri

05-14-2011, 09:07 PM	#17
scootebaby Timed Out How Do You Identify?: yes dear Preferred Pronoun?: she Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: south florida Posts: 2,494 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,264 Thanked 6,737 Times in 1,777 Posts Rep Power: 0	i got a couple ways of eating them...sometimes by the handful and other times they have to color coordinate....i.e orange/blue red/yellow browns are always by themselves greens can go with any of the colors--except brown.....sometimes i turn them upset down and eat them as W&Ws to liven things up!