# Conversation Hearts **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 31, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-hearts/151827 "2003-01-31T06:40:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-hearts/151827/1 "2003-01-31T06:40:34Z")
Well, it’s that time of year again and I am getting my fill of the little hearts with the pretty words on them. That is if you can read them half the time. Have they always been hard to read or is quality just going down? I remember being in grade school and making a valentines card for my mom out of the hearts by using them to make the sentences. My favorite ones are the yellow, orange, and white ones. Yummy! But after you eat so many of these little chunks of sugar you teeth feel like they are wearing little fur coats. Yuck! I was just wondering two questions really. What is your favorite childhood valentines or really any holiday candy that leaves you with good memories? And how in the heck to they get those words on the little hearts? Even though most of them are cut off smeared or non-existant. I would have thought little ink jets like we use at work for code dates but then sometimes there is an imprint like they stamped them on?😕 ---
**Author:** ![SnugTheJoiner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@SnugTheJoiner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnugTheJoiner)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-hearts/151827/2 "2003-01-31T08:02:45Z")
My favorite memory of conversation hearts is a gag from a PEANUTS special: Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, and company are at a Valentine’s party at school. They are reading conversation hearts aloud, with the usual sentiments (“Hubba Hubba”; “Oh You Kid!,” etc.) Then Sally reads hers seriously and dispassionately: “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways: I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach,when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of every day’s Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely, as men turn from Praise. I love thee with the passion put ot use In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith. I love thee with a love I seem to lose With my lost saints–I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life!–and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.” A pause. None of the other children comments on this. Sally pops the tiny candy heart into her mouth. Brilliant! I nearly died of joy. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-hearts/151827/3 "2003-01-31T13:55:47Z")
Conversation hearts are up there with [sub]dare I say the name?[/sub]…Circus peanuts. Everybody says they hate 'em, but everybody, when they think no one is looking, eats 'em. Yes, you do so eat 'em! I saw ya! NYAAH! ---
**Author:** ![Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bren_Cameron_1)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-hearts/151827/4 "2003-01-31T14:09:46Z")
A link for conversation heart fans: [http://www.acme.com/heartmaker/](http://www.acme.com/heartmaker/) ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-hearts/151827/5 "2003-01-31T14:17:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by swampbear \* > \*\*Conversation hearts are up there with [sub]dare I say the name?[/sub]…Circus peanuts. Everybody says they hate 'em, but everybody, when they think no one is looking, eats 'em. > > Yes, you do so eat 'em! I saw ya! NYAAH! \*\* No, really, I don’t. The sugar hurts my teeth. And I never liked them that much anyway. Plus I never got the good ones as a kid, so I’m bitter. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-hearts/151827/6 "2003-01-31T14:30:21Z")
\ **AHA!** I saw you sneak that conversation heart in your mouth. Gotcha Ya! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-hearts/151827/7 "2003-01-31T14:35:29Z")
The wording has gotten less inspired shall we say. Fax me? Thats supposed to be romantic? ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-hearts/151827/8 "2003-01-31T15:30:18Z")
LOL I like them so much I put them out in little heart-shaped bowls at the end of the buffet table at my Valentine’s day wedding four years ago a nd one of my favorite pictures from the reception is my bridesmaids standing at the end of the buffet table reading the words on some of the hearts.🙂 IDBB(a romantic at heart who LOVES conversation hearts) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-hearts/151827/9 "2003-01-31T15:37:55Z")
The remind me of chalk - or what I would imagine chalk would feel like if you ate it. The taste is beyond nasty. In my book, chocolate says it all - the ultimate non-verbal communication!! ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-hearts/151827/10 "2003-01-31T15:47:34Z")
I love the white ones. Especially if they say “SEXY”. My favorite holiday candy of all time though has to be the chewy nougat peppermints, with the red striped edges and the freakishly twisted green tree-shape in the center. Hmmuminnahumminna…::drool:: ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-hearts/151827/11 "2003-01-31T15:50:39Z")
Conversation hearts are so pretty - I just wish they didn’t make them out of Tums. ---
**Author:** ![stellar7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@stellar7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stellar7)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-hearts/151827/12 "2003-01-31T15:57:24Z")
I love conversation hearts!!! They are so cheerful and always bring a smile when you give one to someone. As for the writing getting smaller … I just thought it was my eyes. Not that I’m getting older, or anything. No, that, of course, couldn’t be it. No siree. I think they’re also making the type on magazines and newspapers smaller. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-hearts/151827/13 "2003-01-31T15:57:34Z")
I don’t go much for the unadulterated sugar, so no hearts, no candy canes, no Pez or Sweet Tarts. I like at least a token presence of chocolate, fat, nuts, or the chewy nougat filling food group in my sugary junk foods. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-hearts/151827/14 "2003-01-31T16:20:45Z")
I always get the blank ones… ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-hearts/151827/15 "2003-01-31T17:46:48Z")
Here’s Necco’s fact page about conversation hearts: [http://www.necco.com/valentine-faq.htm](http://www.necco.com/valentine-faq.htm) They add about 10 new sayings a year, and you can even suggest new ones. It doesn’t say how they get the sayings on the hearts, but you can email them from there to ask. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-hearts/151827/16 "2003-01-31T18:26:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FairyChatMom \* > \*\*The remind me of chalk - or what I would imagine chalk would feel like if you ate it. The taste is beyond nasty. In my book, chocolate says it all - the ultimate non-verbal communication!! \*\* I can confidently say that conversation hearts taste **way** better than chalk. ---
**Author:** ![Gravity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gravity/32/14322_2.png) [@Gravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gravity)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-hearts/151827/17 "2003-01-31T19:09:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ultrafilter \* > \*\*I can confidently say that conversation hearts taste **way** better than chalk. \*\* I passionately disagree. Uhm. Yes, I used to eat chalk as a kid. But it was more for the _texture_. Yum… ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-hearts/151827/18 "2003-01-31T19:27:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gravity \* > \*\*I passionately disagree. > > Uhm. Yes, I used to eat chalk as a kid. But it was more for the _texture_. > > Yum… \*\* Well, this could honestly be the stupidest hijack ever, so let’s just agree to disagree. I have eaten chalk within the past two years, and it made me gag. Conversation hearts don’t do that. ---
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-hearts/151827/19 "2003-01-31T21:12:20Z")
Umm, I’m concerned…I ate one of the big ones today…it said: “Swing time” W. T. F!? ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-hearts/151827/20 "2003-01-31T22:06:06Z")
**BBJ** –Maybe that little saying was inspired by some tot running around wanting to swing.😃 JMHO. IDBB [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-hearts/151827.md?page=2)