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AnyMal

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Originally posted by: Carrot39
How do they put the "M" on m&m's? Anybody know. A beautiful lady at work asked me that today.

Let me guess, she's blond
 

KeyserSoze

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Originally posted by: PanzerIV
Tiny elves wear "M" stamps on their feet and frolic from candy to candy leaving whimsical letters wherever they fall...


Haha, best answer ever.





KeyserSoze
 

Carrot44

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Originally posted by: AnyMal
Originally posted by: Carrot39
How do they put the "M" on m&m's? Anybody know. A beautiful lady at work asked me that today.

Let me guess, she's blond

No tall burnitte. Say late 30's early 40's make you kids drool!

Ken

 

EyeMWing

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Originally posted by: Winchester
To get the (color) paint perfectly on all sides they put the candies in a bin, like a cement truck which tumbles them over and over to evenly distribute the paint. To get the "M" on the candies, they are placed in trays like you would a muffin (trays with lots of dimples in them) and then are stamped with the "M."

This is a "microsoft" job interview question and there was a story about it in Reader's Digest a year or so ago. There was also a question about why Man Hole Covers are round rather than square. If you want that answer you can PM me, not going to type it all out.

OMFG. Microsoft rips off all their inverview questions from The Straight Dope?