Re: Guest Post: Expect a seriously spicy experience

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Is this in fact comical?


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 07-21-15 8:14 AM
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"Comical", maybe not. "Absurd", yes.


Posted by: E. Messily | Link to this comment | 07-21-15 8:27 AM
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A couple years back, the State Fair had a candy exhibit. One of the exhibitors was jelly belly, who mixed bad flavors into regular flavors of four of their colors. I don't remember them all, but the black and blue mottled candy was either blueberry or insect. I got insect and it tasted exactly like what I thought an insect would taste like.

The other options were gross too. People could come front and get two jelly bellies and take their chances. It was pretty fun. One might have been black pepper, which sounded kinda good to me.


Posted by: Megan | Link to this comment | 07-21-15 8:54 AM
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Jelly Belly made Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans. The vomit flavor tasted impressively like vomit. I never bought them again.


Posted by: Tia | Link to this comment | 07-21-15 9:01 AM
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The idea of roulette Doritos is bizarre and pretty funny.


Posted by: Mister Smearcase | Link to this comment | 07-21-15 11:55 AM
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5 -- that scene in The Deer Hunter would have a different vibe if they were playing Dorito Roulette.


Posted by: Roberto Tigre | Link to this comment | 07-21-15 12:11 PM
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It certainly would...


Posted by: MHPH | Link to this comment | 07-21-15 12:15 PM
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It's good to know that someone has a job operating this official Frito-Lay "snack chat" blog

Are you a risk-taker? Do you live life on the bold side? Do you like to test the limits of your taste buds? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, DORITOS Roulette Chips might satisfy your next snacking adventure. DORITOS Roulette chips offer fans the ultimate game-of-chance-style snacking experience

"ultimate game-of-chance-style snacking experience"


Posted by: Roberto Tigre | Link to this comment | 07-21-15 12:22 PM
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The classic game-of-chance-style snacking experience is tossing popcorn kernels in the air and catching them in your mouth. It has an element of skill that Doritos roulette lacks.


Posted by: togolosh | Link to this comment | 07-21-15 12:30 PM
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5 was my first thought, followed immediately by the thought of how awesome it would be if a Doritos ad made direct reference it.


Posted by: Jesus McQueen | Link to this comment | 07-21-15 12:36 PM
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Maybe not for the Vietnamese market.


Posted by: Jesus McQueen | Link to this comment | 07-21-15 12:37 PM
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In Snack Chat Roulette, all the Cheetos are penis-shaped.


Posted by: Todd | Link to this comment | 07-21-15 12:39 PM
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To be a boring little pedant, this is a wire service story. A proper Guardian writer would have played it for laughs and been less funny as a result.


Posted by: Nworb Werdna | Link to this comment | 07-21-15 12:49 PM
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