{"id":440,"date":"2005-05-07T20:35:21","date_gmt":"2005-05-08T04:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torturedpotato.com\/cheeseblog\/?p=440"},"modified":"2005-05-07T20:37:33","modified_gmt":"2005-05-08T04:37:33","slug":"where-have-all-the-mm-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torturedpotato.com\/cheeseblog\/?p=440","title":{"rendered":"Where Have All the M&#038;M Gone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The M&#038;Ms in the Star Wars ads tell me I can choose the dark side or the light side.  But when I go to the store (oh, many stores.  not just one store did I try.  looked, I have.) all I see on offer is the light side.  What kind of fucking democracy is this?  I have the right to choose!  Don&#8217;t control me!<\/p>\n<p>Quick!  To the e-Bay!<\/p>\n<p>Why, for heaven&#8217;s sake, it&#8217;s an <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.ca\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&#038;category=43060&#038;item=4992724765&#038;rd=1\">  M&#038;M charm! <\/a> For your <b>bracelet,<\/b> darling!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.ca\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&#038;category=874&#038;item=7153721524&#038;rd=1\"> This <\/a> is a &#8220;M&#038;M Alphabet Magnet Set,&#8221; which also appears to include all the letters of the alphabet, not just the best letter, M.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.ca\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&#038;category=92149&#038;item=5973834166&#038;rd=1\"> Orville Orange:<\/a> is he the lost M&#038;M?  The fallen angel?  He looks like I feel every time I browse the candy isle.    Etat Parfait!<\/p>\n<p>Oh.  But wait.  Cream of the fucking crop, here, folks: <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.ca\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&#038;category=1467&#038;item=5578637486&#038;rd=1\"> Commemorative 9-11 M&#038;Ms.<\/a>  And I quote: &#8220;These M&#038;Ms are four years old, do not eat them. This unique and possibly rare bag of candy is purely for a collector of 9-11 memorabilia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Unique and possibly rare.  Whoooee.  I&#8217;m all done in.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The M&#038;Ms in the Star Wars ads tell me I can choose the dark side or the light side. But when I go to the store (oh, many stores. not just one store did I try. looked, I have.) all &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/torturedpotato.com\/cheeseblog\/?p=440\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funny","category-idiots"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/torturedpotato.com\/cheeseblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/torturedpotato.com\/cheeseblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/torturedpotato.com\/cheeseblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torturedpotato.com\/cheeseblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torturedpotato.com\/cheeseblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/torturedpotato.com\/cheeseblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/torturedpotato.com\/cheeseblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torturedpotato.com\/cheeseblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torturedpotato.com\/cheeseblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}