# M&Ms pushing their own Urban Legend **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [June 30, 2001, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-ms-pushing-their-own-urban-legend/70770 "2001-06-30T21:08:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [July 3, 2001, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-ms-pushing-their-own-urban-legend/70770/21 "2001-07-03T21:05:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sterra \* > **No one will believe an UL if its supported by a major company. Its only if it is denied that it becomes interesting.** So, nobody will believe that [pop can tops](http://www.snopes2.com/spoons/legends/pulltab.htm) are made out of higher-grade aluminum than the rest of the can, and can be recycled into prosthetic arms & legs for paraplegic children, now that McDonald’s is firmly behind the story? When I was in High School, I bought a big bag of M&M’s and a couple small ones. Opened the small ones carefully, the big bag not so carefully. Counted how many M&M’s were in the small bags, and put that many green M&M’s into one small bag and glued it shut. Took it to a party, tossed it to a girl with a ‘bad reputation,’ and took off. She was pretty pissed, in a humorous sort of way. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2001, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-ms-pushing-their-own-urban-legend/70770/22 "2001-07-03T23:26:11Z")
bughunter wrote: > [@](#): > > Taste “great,” eh? So is that what they use on porno sets to make the girls act like they enjoy facials? I always thought they were acting. Porn stars can **act?** ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2001, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-ms-pushing-their-own-urban-legend/70770/23 "2001-07-03T23:36:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Badtz Maru \* > \*\*No, Orange Tic-Tacs make your semen or vaginal fluids taste great. \*\* Less filling! And **tracer** has it right. Tom Monahan, the founder, former CEO and majority (and I think for a long time, sole) stockholder of Domino’s chose to give away many of his millions to anti-abortion groups (actually to a personal foundation, which then gave away, &ct.). Bain Capital is now the majority holder of Domino’s. I forget whether Monahan has a little or a lot of stock left. He does/did get a consulting fee as part of the buyout. If anyone needs the full details, Domino’s is now a filing company, and their financials are available on the SEC’s website. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2001, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-ms-pushing-their-own-urban-legend/70770/24 "2001-07-03T23:44:46Z")
Okay, great! It’s nice to be able to get my Domino’s/anti-abortion story straight. So what about Carl Karcher? ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2001, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-ms-pushing-their-own-urban-legend/70770/25 "2001-07-03T23:59:31Z")
Here’s a [hint](http://www.ocweekly.com/ink/archives/97/lost-9.5.97.shtml) that he has done something in that area: [quote] In some quarters, he’s knocked for giving money to anti-abortion causes and such.Also, I don’t think Karcher founded Hardee’s. I thought his company purchased Hardee’s as a way of expanding into the South and East. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-ms-pushing-their-own-urban-legend/70770/26 "2001-07-04T00:07:38Z")
Don’t know that one, **tracer**. I only happened across the Domino’s stuff because we considered participating in the buyout. I’ve never understood that particular kind of boycott anyway. I mean, no one asks their dry cleaner who he gives his profits to, right? Or the doctor? Seems like too-easy feel-goodism to me. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-ms-pushing-their-own-urban-legend/70770/27 "2001-07-04T00:48:40Z")
Well, let’s see. According to the [The Center for Responsive Politics](http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/cgi-win/indivs.exe), Carl seems to be somewhat parsimonious in his political giving, having only parted with some $5200 to political entities since 1999 (parsimonious for a millionaire, that is; I would have expected a member of the Orange County Lincoln Club to have gone the limit for folks like Jim Rogan --think “impeachment manager”), and some woman who shares his last name and ZIP code also gave $750 to the Republican Central committee of Orange County. Couldn’t find any docuumented connection to Operation Rescue (now calling themselves “Operation Save America”, on the national level). ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-ms-pushing-their-own-urban-legend/70770/28 "2001-07-04T00:51:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manhattan \* > **I mean, no one asks their dry cleaner who he gives his profits to, right? Or the doctor?** You _don’t?_ _My_ dry cleaner supports a small well-armed cadre in Greenpoint who are planning the violent overthrow of the capitalist running-dog U.S. government. And my GP gives his money away to the hungry workers in the fields. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-ms-pushing-their-own-urban-legend/70770/29 "2001-07-04T00:56:44Z")
Great link, by the way **jab1**. I’ve often found myself reading Washburn’s column, and wishing I could think of an excuse to link it to the SDMB, for the edification of non SOCAL Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![Stella\_Fantasia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@Stella\_Fantasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stella_Fantasia)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-ms-pushing-their-own-urban-legend/70770/30 "2001-07-04T01:10:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Badtz Maru \* > \*\*No, Orange Tic-Tacs make your semen or vaginal fluids taste great. Get your urban legends right!!! \*\* Don’t know if it’s made it into the ranks of ULs, but SweeTarts REALLY work for this purpose!! Yummy yummy yummy!!! Maybe it’s anything with that artificial citrusy flavor. Someone should definitely do some research on this. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-ms-pushing-their-own-urban-legend/70770/31 "2001-07-04T04:38:53Z")
So does the prospective cunnilinctee **eat** the Orange Tic-Tacs or apply them more, ah, directly? Enquiring minds want to know. ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-ms-pushing-their-own-urban-legend/70770/32 "2001-07-04T20:23:02Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=44428](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=44428) elucidator, hoping I did that right (first time) that is a thread that I started in MPSIMS about sex and candy. Enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![kenny777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@kenny777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenny777)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-ms-pushing-their-own-urban-legend/70770/33 "2001-07-04T21:26:25Z")
I heard somewhere that peanut butter makes you horny. ---
**Author:** ![Lockfist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@Lockfist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockfist)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-ms-pushing-their-own-urban-legend/70770/34 "2001-07-05T03:03:44Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m writing this because, just today, I saw a full-page M&M’s ad in TV guide. The caption read “What is it about the green ones?”, and the word DESIRE was spelled out in green M&Ms. Thats nuthin’ - in last months issue of STUFF magazine, there was a full page ad for M&M’s with the word **SEX** written with green M&M’s. I guess the TV Guide crowd is too conservative for the DIRECT marketing campaign. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-ms-pushing-their-own-urban-legend/70770/35 "2001-07-05T21:57:54Z")
Actually, the purple ones can turn gays straight…😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-ms-pushing-their-own-urban-legend/70770.md?page=1)