# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/21 "2013-04-01T15:48:51Z")
\*Peeps, Peeps who need peeps, Are the luckiest peeps in the world We’re children, needing other children And yet letting a grown-up pride Hide all the need inside Acting more like children than children Lovers are very special peeps They’re the luckiest peeps in the world \* ---
**Author:** ![Nightsong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightsong/32/3083_2.png) [@Nightsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightsong)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/22 "2013-04-02T00:55:43Z")
We’ve got a case of the Peeps [here](http://www.peepsandcompany.com/supersized-peeps-18ct-box)! 😉 * * * \<\< Visualize World Peeps! \>\> ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/23 "2013-04-02T00:59:23Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > 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. Nuke 'em. ---
**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 3, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/24 "2013-04-03T03:01:11Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Nuke 'em. Her family is rather nice. I probably should not nuke them. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/25 "2013-04-03T10:54:16Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Her family is rather nice. I probably should not nuke them. I meant the peeps. In the microwave. It’s amusing. Glad to know her family’s nice enough not to nuke, though. 🙂 ---
**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 4, 2013, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/26 "2013-04-04T03:45:34Z")
Oh. Never mind then. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494/27 "2013-04-04T03:58:24Z")
Personally, I regard peeps as a decoration, not an actual food. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-what-is-it-about-these-peeps/654494.md?page=1)