Speaking of Skittles

At camp a couple of summers ago, my Co and I had a serious discussion about the hierarchy of Skittles. (This is where I give a shout out to Paige, THAT’S MY CO!)


               

For most people, both kids and adults, there is a certain method to the way we eat our favorite foods. For example, I dump a handful of Skittles out, and eat then in order from least favorite to most favorite until there are exactly 1 of each color left and then that’s my last bite. I’ve done this since I was a kid. And yeah, sometimes I mix red and green or something for a cherry-limeade vibe but that’s basically how it goes.

Yes, we’re back to the significance of color in candy from our childhood. Now pay attention, this is important stuff.

Many people (not all but a good majority) will most likely pick red or maybe purple as their favorite Skittle flavor. Ask anyone and they will probably give you their personal ranking for Skittle flavors/colors.

Mine is red purple yellow/green orange.

I could go either way on yellow or green really. It may depend on my mood. Am I in a limeade mood or a lemonade mood? It’s anybody’s guess.

Here is where this becomes socially significant:


You can tell how much someone likes you by what colors they offer you from their Skittle bag.



This is especially true for kids. They will pick through and offer you their least favorite a lot of the time. Some people try to be fair and just dump a few out and hand them over, no sorting or anything. (But also probably a pang of regret if you had a few too many of their favorite color in that hand.) And if someone gives you all their reds or THE LAST RED? Wow, they really think you’re something special.

If we applied this to an adult situation it would be something like this:



Except in our version Derek is the leader of a Power Ranger Club and Meredith wants to be in it. Specifically she wants to be the Pink Ranger except Addison does too.

Meredith: I lied, I do want to be in this club. I want to be in this club a lot. Your choice is easy, her or me. And I’m sure she’s really cool and she does have that tree house. But Derek, I like you. In a really really big, swear to never tell on you, let you have the last red Skittle, make a friendship bracelet for you, stupid way that makes me want to hit you…like you. So pick me, choose me, let me be the Pink Power Ranger.


Right?


So next time you want to tell someone how special they are to you, say it with Skittles.



This same theory can probably be applied to Starburst.

pink red yellow orange

Jell-O and Smarties

I have no reason to tell anyone the following except

1. I am bored and feel like writing.
2. It takes my mind off things.
3. I seem to be on a bit of a nostalgic trend.
4. I thought about this today. Again, randomly. Well, I did eat Jell-O.

That’s right, you guessed it. Dorky quirks from my childhood.

Dorky Quirk Numero Uno:
You’ve seen Mary Poppins right? (If you haven’t then this next part will just seem gross and weird, if you have…awesome maybe and probably still gross.)

For those who haven’t seen it, a video:




Back to my childhood quirk; whenever I ate Jell-O, I would strain it through my teeth until it was liquid-like and then put it back in my spoon so I could pretend it was medicine from Mary Poppins.

So yeah....that was AWESOME...


Dorky Quirk Numero Dos:

I also used to pretend that Smarties candy were magic pills that gave you abilities, except not like super powers.  If I remember correctly it went something like

Red = beauty
Purple = smart
Green = rich
Yellow = kind
White = honesty
Orange = energy or something. I never really favored orange so it didn’t get an awesome power.

                


Oddly enough I never did this with Skittles or M&M’s. Probably because the powdery quality of the Smarties reminded me of vitamins, except they taste way better.


It should be noted that the effect wasn’t immediate. It was more like “Take your Smarties so you can grow up to be beautifulsmartrichkindhonest and energetic.”




Sometimes, I wish the things I thought up when I was a kid were true.