Venting about a quote in a chick flick

[AntiFreze]

Here goes:

I watched The Wedding Planner with my girlfriend years ago. Matthew McConaughey has a line in there where he says, while eating M&Ms, "I only eat the brown ones, because they contain less artificial coloring," as he throws all the colored ones on the ground.


AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

.....

M&Ms are chocolate, coated in a hard candy shell. The shell is not chocolate at all. It is a candy shell. Mostly likely bleached. So, the brown one would not have less artificial coloring at all. If my knowledge of dye is correct, the brown one would have the MOST artificial coloring since it would take more dye to make it the darkest.


am I right? am I wrong?

I don't care, i feel better. This has been festering for years, and I havent been able to find a chance to say it in a conversation.

Thank you AT.

 

[mugs]

It was a JOKE :laugh:

 

[Lonyo]

Depends on how you define artificial.
It's probably easier to get a natural brown than a natural red, yellow, blue etc.
Usually (in the UK at least) artificial colours are listed on the ingredients, so you can check which colours might be natural and which might be artificial.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

 

[Jugernot]

Originally posted by: AntiFreze
Here goes:

I watched The Wedding Planner with my girlfriend years ago. Matthew McConaughey has a line in there where he says, while eating M&Ms, "I only eat the brown ones, because they contain less artificial coloring," as he throws all the colored ones on the ground.


AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

.....

M&Ms are chocolate, coated in a hard candy shell. The shell is not chocolate at all. It is a candy shell. Mostly likely bleached. So, the brown one would not have less artificial coloring at all. If my knowledge of dye is correct, the brown one would have the MOST artificial coloring since it would take more dye to make it the darkest.


am I right? am I wrong?

I don't care, i feel better. This has been festering for years, and I havent been able to find a chance to say it in a conversation.

Thank you AT.

You're wrong, everyone know M&M shells are clear! DUH!

 

[AntiFreze]

bought a pack of peanut M&Ms.

color order:
blue 1 lake, yellow 6, red 40 lake, yellow 5, red 40, blue 1, blue 2 lake, yellow 6 lake, yellow 4 Lake

no brown listed. so the brown would be a mix, where the blue would be straight blue.

might not be more, but it definitely isn't less.

And if it was a joke - it wasn't funny.

 

[moshquerade]

all i know is the green ones are aphrodisiacs.

 

[techs]

Chocolate is the reason I know there is a God.
And he loves us.

 

[AntiFreze]

Actually I believe it goes like this:

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy"

-Benjamin Franklin

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
all i know is the green ones are aphrodisiacs.

Depends on where you put them.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: AntiFreze

M&Ms are chocolate, coated in a hard candy shell. The shell is not chocolate at all. It is a candy shell. Mostly likely bleached.

bleached? wtf?

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: moshquerade
all i know is the green ones are aphrodisiacs.

Depends on where you put them.

melts in your mouth, not in your hand...

 

[Skunkwourk]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: moshquerade
all i know is the green ones are aphrodisiacs.

Depends on where you put them.

suppository?

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: m0mentary

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: moshquerade
all i know is the green ones are aphrodisiacs.

Depends on where you put them.

suppository?

those are brown ones

 

[AntiFreze]

Originally posted by: xSauronx

Originally posted by: AntiFreze

M&Ms are chocolate, coated in a hard candy shell. The shell is not chocolate at all. It is a candy shell. Mostly likely bleached.

bleached? wtf?

yeah, bleached, as in color removed.

Assumed that the chocolate is coated in a white candy shell, then the color is sprayed on.

why the wtf?

 

[FoBoT]

you are probably right
but it doesn't matter
it is just a movie
and anyway the amount of coloring in a few m&m's is negligable

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: AntiFreze
Actually I believe it goes like this:

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy"

-Benjamin Franklin

If there was a god that wanted us to be happy bacon would be health food.

 

[DangerAardvark]

The yellow ones are kosher. The others offend God.

 

[Sumguy]

What about this line I read somewhere in AT (most likely L&R, could have been OT):

"The price of an engagement ring should cost you about 3 or 4 months pay"

Made me lol...and then cry.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: AntiFreze

Originally posted by: xSauronx

Originally posted by: AntiFreze

M&Ms are chocolate, coated in a hard candy shell. The shell is not chocolate at all. It is a candy shell. Mostly likely bleached.

bleached? wtf?

yeah, bleached, as in color removed.

Assumed that the chocolate is coated in a white candy shell, then the color is sprayed on.

why the wtf?

Things can be white without being bleached. Snow isn't white because of bleach in the sky. Salt isn't white because they bleach it. To my knowledge, sugar isn't white because it's bleached. And hell, I have some unbleached flour here that's still fairly white.
It's probably just a naturally white mixture of sugar and something else, coated with coloring.
There'd be no sense bleaching it anyway, since the consumer generally will only see the colored coating.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: AntiFreze

Originally posted by: xSauronx

Originally posted by: AntiFreze

M&Ms are chocolate, coated in a hard candy shell. The shell is not chocolate at all. It is a candy shell. Mostly likely bleached.

bleached? wtf?

yeah, bleached, as in color removed.

Assumed that the chocolate is coated in a white candy shell, then the color is sprayed on.

why the wtf?

the wtf is because spraying any kind of bleach on a candy is a ridiculous idea. you dont have to remove color (which most bleaches do via oxidation) to add the color to the candy, it doesnt soak in, the color is added to a mixture then the chocolates are coated in it.

id assume that the candy shell is colored before the chocolate gets coated far sooner than i would assume that the candy shell is put on, the candies are bleached (of all things, christ, its candy, not hair), then the candies are sprayed with color.

according to this: Text , im off a bit. chocolates are coated with candy, *then* coated with colored syrup.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: AntiFreze
Actually I believe it goes like this:

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy"

-Benjamin Franklin

If there was a god that wanted us to be happy bacon would be health food.

if only