# Mad scientists unleashed on Twinkies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-scientists-unleashed-on-twinkies/2035>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 17, 1999, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-scientists-unleashed-on-twinkies/2035 "1999-07-17T16:52:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 1999, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-scientists-unleashed-on-twinkies/2035/1 "1999-07-17T16:52:00Z")

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Check it out. This is truly educational.  
[http://www.twinkiesproject.com/](http://www.twinkiesproject.com/)

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 1999, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-scientists-unleashed-on-twinkies/2035/2 "1999-07-18T04:03:00Z")

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Lol. Here’s another - Strawberry Pop-Tart blowtorches.  
[http://www.sci.tamucc.edu/~pmichaud/toast/toast.html](http://www.sci.tamucc.edu/~pmichaud/toast/toast.html)

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 1999, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-scientists-unleashed-on-twinkies/2035/3 "1999-07-18T15:57:00Z")

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I once had an unopened package of Twinkies around my apartment for about 20 months. My girl friend of the time threw them away. But after 20 months the two twinkies looked okay to me!

I wonder how they tasted… no I don’t!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 1999, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-scientists-unleashed-on-twinkies/2035/4 "1999-07-19T16:46:00Z")

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One of my friends had a McDonalds cheeseburger in hi drawer for 6 months (had to be male didn’t he). It still looked ok when he brought it out and joked about heating it up in the microwave with a bit of water and hey presto.

Although it was admittedly a rather airtight drawer in a place where things didn’t move very much.

Now what about those Spam Cams? watching the spam suck away the mould was quite interesting.

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What’s the ugliest part of your body?  
Some say your nose, some say your toes,  
But I think it’s your Mind - Frank Zappa

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 1999, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-scientists-unleashed-on-twinkies/2035/5 "1999-07-19T18:23:00Z")

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Here are two of my favorite sites:

[Testing Peep Bunnies](http://www.pcola.gulf.net/~irving/bunnies)

and . . .

[Testing the Peeps](http://www.learnlink.emory.edu/peep/)