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Thursday, December 20, 2007 10:17 AM
My first x-mas present this year was a box of Godiva chocolates.
Upon opening the box, I offered Stunbunny the first one.
He took a small, cautious bite and decided that particular one wasn't for him.
I got out the map, but in it, there were hundreds of varieties. Our box had only twelve very large, lovingly-crafted truffles.

Now I'm scared I'm gonna get the pink nougat... the ever-dreaded russian-roulette of the assorted chocolate world that is (for me) the bullet. Luckily, it's Godiva, so raspberry jiz is about as tacky as the Belgians get. The box of chocolates lasted for over a week. Every time I offered Greg a chocolate, he reached for his original rejected chocky which was in one of the far four corners of the box.

I'd say, "no baby... you already tried that one," and turn it upside down to reveal that he had bitten the bottom off of it a week before and put it back. At the end of the week, it was the only one left, and I threw the box and the one-third eaten chocolate in the garbage.

After a bottle of wine, I found myself pulling the elaborately decorated (and well-sealed) red foil box from the trash and taste-testing the rejected truffle for the first time. It was rum/eggnog flavored. My fav!!!!
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bakes

 
deduce reuse and recycle
 
Posted by bakes on Thursday, December 20, 2007 - 10:36 AM
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Ryan D

 
Plain and simple: Godiva chocolates are the work of the Devil. Now, being that I am a long time fan of the Devil, I must admit that he does quite good work in the medium of chocolate.

The Godiva chocolates are Satan's 'Stairway to Heaven' (which it is rumored that he wrote), his greatest hit - at least as far as chocolate goes.

But please, Miss Molly, don't be too hard on the "red headed step child" of boxed chocolates, the sweat inducing, pink nougat. Without this pastel-colored, gag-reflexing, mouth assault, what comparison would you have in your appreciation of that rummy-eggnoggy piece of sin that you fished from the trashcan?

Oh, it would still have been good, but you would never know just HOW good.

I have this one friend that I keep around for just this reason... He makes me feel good about myself because he is such a world class fuck-up. Imagine a "man" who has turned fucking up into an art form, then imagine the worst stomach ache that you've ever had and blend it in with some Gonorrhea. This might give you an inkling to the possibilities that my bud has at screwing up peoples lives. Even on my worst days (and I have had a few) I shine in contrast to him. I need only take one look, one smell, or listen to a few amazingly incompetent words fumbling out of his mouth and instantly I feel better about myself. It is one of nature's little miracles.

Even thinking about him now is making me feel good about myself... Yeah, I would never have used the women's bathroom at McDonald's while battling a wicked stomach virus, and been dumb enough to not lock the door... Oh man, and if you do decide on this course of action the restroom should not be in direct line of sight to the front counter, and it should have at least one privacy stall... I never even knew that so many people own camera phones these days...

Lovin' your Christmas blog... Merry, merry... much love... -Ryan
 
Posted by Ryan D on Thursday, December 20, 2007 - 3:28 PM
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Molly
Molly McGuire

 
I think I know who you're talking about. Am I right?
 
Posted by Molly on Monday, December 24, 2007 - 10:54 AM
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stunbunny
Greg stunbunny Biribauer

 
I find it QUITE DISTURBING that Cambell's Soup SOLD Godiva to a bunch of Turks...

...the very fucking NEXT DAY after this blog was posted.



Did I mention QUITE DISTURBING?


wow.


stunz
 
Posted by stunbunny on Friday, December 21, 2007 - 8:06 PM
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Molly
Molly McGuire

 
I think the disturbing part is that Campbell's soup owned Godiva. I thought I had some MSG heartburn shortly thereafter, but I attributed it to the can of mineral spirits lying next to the box while in the trash. Who owns them now? Nabisco? Maybe they're a Durkee product. Maybe not even food by now... Castroil?

okay, research

Yildiz, the owner of Ülker Group, the largest consumer goods company in the Turkish food industry, agreed to acquire the brand from Campbell Soup...

found this on line. they'll definitely have a turkish delight version very soon. yay.
 
Posted by Molly on Monday, December 24, 2007 - 11:01 AM
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spores.remix

 
I agree, very disturbing




 
Posted by spores.remix on Friday, December 21, 2007 - 8:20 PM
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Molly
Molly McGuire

 
My mistake, there were 16, not 12. the box looked like this. No pink nougat out of 16. Impressive.
 
Posted by Molly on Monday, December 24, 2007 - 11:06 AM
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