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A few nights ago i counted be's PEZ candy dispenser collection - it was so nicely displayed one could not help but admire it. There are 30 different dispensers, each row arranged on tiered pieces of wood. (I think one of his PEZ dispensers is worth $30!) I have 2 dispensers: an "Adult PEZ" that i picked up at the supermarket, which is a plain white dispenser without any head; and a purple, orange and yellow whistle that i own for nostalgic reasons. I have a very strong memory of playing in the basement of our house in Maryland; my brother was with me and we were trying to figure out the whistle PEZ dispenser that our parents gave us. Being the oldest, i was throwing out ideas in order to reconcile the plastic whistle with the candy it came with. Ideas such as quickly chewing a PEZ and blowing the whistle before it disintegrated, blowing the whistle with an intact PEZ in our mouths or completely finishing a PEZ and blowing the whistle were some of them. Thinking back, i wonder if my parents didn't hand us the wrapper filled with obvious diagrams, or if we were just too excited to read it. Also, what did i think would happen if i came across the magic combination?

Nowadays, whenever i fill my "Adult PEZ" dispenser, the candy is consumed too quickly to justify using it at all. PEZ candy is some of the best out there! be once got some rare cola-flavored PEZ, which tasted like less-powdery Bottle Caps. My "Adult PEZ" actually came with peppermint PEZ, which as some of you might know is the original flavor. From Wikipedia:

PEZ was first marketed as a compressed peppermint candy in Vienna, Austria. The candy was invented in 1927 in Vienna by a candyman named Eduard Haas III. Haas invented peppermint candies using family owned baking powders, and decided to serve the mints in small, hand-size containers. He manufactured a small tin to hold the mints, similar to the modern Altoids tins. The first PEZ mint dispensers, known as "regulars", were similar in shape to a cigarette lighter, and dispensed an adult breath mint marketed as an alternative to smoking ... In 1955, the PEZ company placed heads on the dispensers and marketed it for children. Santa Claus, Mickey Mouse and Spacetrooper were among the first character dispensers. After being unavailable for several years, peppermint flavored PEZ candies were reintroduced in the late 1990's along with remakes of the "regulars."

If i didn't just brush my teeth, i'd totally go eat some!

posted by beXn @ 12:18 AM