# Hmm. What is it about these Peeps? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 1, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494 "2013-04-01T04:14:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Doctor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/1 "2013-04-01T04:14:41Z")
Peeps seen to be popular here. Please tell me About These Peeps. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/2 "2013-04-01T04:19:30Z")
> [@Doctor](#): > > Peeps seen to be popular here. Please tell me About These Peeps. What? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/3 "2013-04-01T04:21:33Z")
Well, the forum is labeled **About These Peeps** , so I thought I would ask the obvious question: What About These Peeps? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/4 "2013-04-01T04:22:49Z")
No, what’s on second. ---
**Author:** ![Ms.Pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/5 "2013-04-01T04:23:01Z")
I’m more interested in the BBQ peeps. I mean, don’t they melt? Or are we talking BBQ _flavored_ peeps? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/6 "2013-04-01T04:26:35Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > No, what’s on second. I don’t know. 😃 > [@Ms.Pumpkin](#): > > I’m more interested in the BBQ peeps. I mean, don’t they melt? Or are we talking BBQ _flavored_ peeps? That sounds…disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/7 "2013-04-01T04:36:33Z")
So how come **The Barn House** isn’t **The Peep House**? That could drive traffic. ---
**Author:** ![that\_darn\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/8 "2013-04-01T05:42:15Z")
I thought I was drunk… ---
**Author:** ![Doctor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/9 "2013-04-01T05:45:00Z")
Well, peeps have been known to cause hallucinations, especially if they have been left out for a really, really long time… ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/10 "2013-04-01T05:45:46Z")
> [@splatterpunk](#): > > So how come **The Barn House** isn’t **The Peep House**? > > That could drive traffic. _ **That** _ would be a ‘dirty/adult book store/arcade’. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/11 "2013-04-01T05:50:47Z")
It’s late and it’s past your bedtime. I don’t want to hear a peep out of you. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/12 "2013-04-01T05:53:15Z")
_peep_ ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/13 "2013-04-01T05:56:41Z")
It’s just not April Fools Day without those crazy Peeps! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/14 "2013-04-01T06:07:17Z")
> [@doctor](#): > > _peep_ i mean it!!! ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/15 "2013-04-01T06:37:45Z")
My next door neighbors had an Easter egg hunt yesterday. The little ones roasted peeps on the fire! Those poor little peeps. Treated just as if they were some marshmallow creatures waited to be flamed on a stick. Apparently, they were delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/16 "2013-04-01T07:16:29Z")
One year the wife and I happened to visit the US around Easter time. We brought back a load of Easter candy for her family. It all went over well … except for the peeps. No one would touch thouse. Everyone said they looked evil. Really. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/17 "2013-04-01T07:33:48Z")
> [@Doctor](#): > > I don’t know. :D… Third base. But that’s not important right now. ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/18 "2013-04-01T07:34:51Z")
I remember seeing peeps used as the horsemen of the apocalypse. Hmm. _google\*\*google_ AH! [http://cuteoverload.files.wordpress.com/peeps-2715.jpg](http://cuteoverload.files.wordpress.com/peeps-2715.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/19 "2013-04-01T08:19:16Z")
Shouldn’t the color scheme be changed to pink, green and yellow? ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/20 "2013-04-01T15:17:58Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > i mean it!!! Anybody wanna peepnut? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494.md?page=2)