# Are you happy Atkins?! Twinkies bankrupt! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 22, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473 "2004-09-22T13:34:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/1 "2004-09-22T13:34:42Z")
The snack treat that could survive nuclear fallout apparently [can’t survive the low carb craze.](http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/22/news/fortune500/interstate_bankruptcy/) I hope they can pull through this crisis and continues making the sweet treats because sometimes you just need to have a twinkie… or a ho-ho. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/2 "2004-09-22T13:39:33Z")
Weird – just the other day I saw a Wonder Bread delivery truck and said to my friend, “Who the hell eats Wonder Bread these days?” Apparently the answer is – no one. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/3 "2004-09-22T13:53:47Z")
Yeah, America is just soooo much slimmer now that carbs are considered poison. Dear TwinkieCo. I’m off to buy some Twinkies. I never did get around to deep frying them, something I have been dying to do. Sincerely, Philster – All 5’10" and 175lbs of me. P.S. I know Twinkies can be part of my diet. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/4 "2004-09-22T14:55:19Z")
Thank gawd for fad diets. How else were people to know that Twinkies are unhealthy? ---
**Author:** ![badmana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@badmana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badmana)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/5 "2004-09-22T14:58:39Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > Yeah, America is just soooo much slimmer now that carbs are considered poison. I lost all hope for humanity after “low carb” coke. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/6 "2004-09-22T15:19:17Z")
> [@badmana](#): > > I lost all hope for humanity after “low carb” coke. And I still don’t get that. It still tastes like a half diet Coke and half coke mixture… why not just drink Diet Coke (superior in taste anyway, imho) ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/7 "2004-09-22T15:28:09Z")
> [@Captain Lance Murdoch](#): > > Thank gawd for fad diets. How else were people to know that Twinkies are unhealthy? If this costs me the ability to go to Kwik-E-Mart and buy a couple Chocodiles, after I take over the world, the fad dieters will be the first against the wall! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/8 "2004-09-22T15:49:03Z")
Mmmmmmmmmmmm…Chocodiles… 😃 Don’t send the Fad Dieters to the wall…deep-fry them! ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/9 "2004-09-22T16:15:28Z")
Holy cow. Someone finally figured out how to destroy a Twinkie. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/10 "2004-09-23T01:32:26Z")
Wow, 8 posts! That’s the most posts a thread I started has received. Whoo! Anyway, if Twinkies go under what will Survivalists stock their shelters with? What will people with the middle of the night munchies buy at the all night convenience store? What will I put in my Twinkie case!? We can’t let this happen, everyone needs to go out and but a box of Twinkies or Ho-Ho’s! C’mon do it for the kids, do it for humanity! How could we live in a world without Twinkies? ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/11 "2004-09-23T01:57:01Z")
> [@Crunchy Frog](#): > > If this costs me the ability to go to Kwik-E-Mart and buy a couple Chocodiles, after I take over the world, the fad dieters will be the first against the wall! Aggggg you HAD to mention Chocodiles didn’t you?! ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/12 "2004-09-23T02:04:54Z")
Fear not, my husband, a fireman, panicked when I told him the bad news. He immediately activated the emergency phone tree among the other firefighter in the area. Then he hopped in the car racing off to buy all the Twinkies® he could find. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/13 "2004-09-23T02:12:19Z")
WTF is a chocodile? ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/14 "2004-09-23T02:38:04Z")
It’s basically a twinkie that is covered in the same kind of chocolate found on Ho-Hos and Ding-Dongs. I haven’t seen one in years though. ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/15 "2004-09-23T03:04:30Z")
Yes, let’s blame our inability to remake and rennovate our product, on the low-carb “craze”. Yes, because we were too short sighted or not creative enough, we now blame some one or something else for **our** failings. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/16 "2004-09-23T03:04:54Z")
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! ---
**Author:** ![Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/17 "2004-09-23T03:08:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by badmana > I lost all hope for humanity after “low carb” coke. I still had some hope until I saw low carb wine. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/18 "2004-09-23T03:09:20Z")
Ah, my thanks to you, **BoS**. I don’t even _like_ Twinkies. :eek: I’m the only one, right? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/19 "2004-09-23T03:45:39Z")
And Twinkie the Kid rides off into the sunset… ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/20 "2004-09-23T04:26:02Z")
Oh, I’m sure they’ll get the government to bail them out like Chrysler did. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473.md?page=2)