# Apocalypse Sign: Color Changing Cheetos **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 2, 2001, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apocalypse-sign-color-changing-cheetos/64076 "2001-05-02T13:50:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apocalypse-sign-color-changing-cheetos/64076/1 "2001-05-02T13:50:03Z")
First in a series… [http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26878-2001May1.html](http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26878-2001May1.html) Urgh. As if life isn’t hard enough. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apocalypse-sign-color-changing-cheetos/64076/2 "2001-05-02T14:07:05Z")
Oh, great. More things for my kids to hound me to buy. Like trips to the store weren’t adventerous enough. Daman. Damn. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apocalypse-sign-color-changing-cheetos/64076/3 "2001-05-02T14:23:29Z")
**Cheetos green is people!!!** ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apocalypse-sign-color-changing-cheetos/64076/4 "2001-05-02T14:30:56Z")
Lovely. It was bad enough having orange Cheeto-dust on everything in a half-mile radius. [And I’m sure I’m not the only one who wipes my hands on my pants (the old crummy wear-only-around-the-house pair) after eating Cheetos. Am I?] ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apocalypse-sign-color-changing-cheetos/64076/5 "2001-05-02T18:15:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by screech-owl \* > \*\*And I’m sure I’m not the only one who wipes my hands on my pants (the old crummy wear-only-around-the-house pair) after eating Cheetos. Am I?] \*\* I don’t know, how many people ARE wiping their hands on your pants after eating Cheetos? :D&R: ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apocalypse-sign-color-changing-cheetos/64076/6 "2001-05-02T18:33:24Z")
Well, say what you want, but it’s still not as bad as Heinz’s new _bright green ketchup_. Ugh. My sister bought a bottle, and it’s just sat in my fridge for months. The simple thought of it makes me want to retch. ---
**Author:** ![beefymeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@beefymeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beefymeg)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apocalypse-sign-color-changing-cheetos/64076/7 "2001-05-02T18:51:02Z")
_Isaiah Valentine’s tongue remained pink, with just a hint of blue, no matter how many Cheetos he pounded down. He seemed bummed._ ---
**Author:** ![Butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Butterfly)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apocalypse-sign-color-changing-cheetos/64076/8 "2001-05-03T03:32:59Z")
My boyfriend also ran across the whole “green ketchup” thing at Burger King. It caught him off guard cuz he was squeezing the ketchup onto his fries while not paying attention, then looked down to discover gooberish slime all over his fries! He was so repulsed, he couldn’t eat the fries. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apocalypse-sign-color-changing-cheetos/64076/9 "2001-05-03T04:11:22Z")
Okay, of all the colours to change to, why are people choosing green? Really, it’s not that appetizing. Now, some things should be green, and look good that way, but…_Ketchup and Cheetos??_ Next thing you know the burgers at various fast food places will be green…oh wait… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Minty\_Rae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@Minty\_Rae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minty_Rae)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apocalypse-sign-color-changing-cheetos/64076/10 "2001-05-03T10:32:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by screech-owl \* > \*\* [And I’m sure I’m not the only one who wipes my hands on my pants (the old crummy wear-only-around-the-house pair) after eating Cheetos. Am I?] \*\* I do, but only after licking my fingers clean.