# Never trust an M&M - my brush with fortune. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 15, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-trust-an-m-m-my-brush-with-fortune/182084 "2003-06-15T21:29:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-trust-an-m-m-my-brush-with-fortune/182084/1 "2003-06-15T21:29:57Z")
So I went to the store today to purchase a bag of M&M’s. It’s Father’s day, you know, and I wanted to make some M&M cookies for my Dad. I strolled down the candy isle and spotted the M&M’s. According to the bag, they were having yet another contest. This time it was “Find The All-Groovy Bag of M&M’s and Win $5,000 Each Summer For The Rest of Your Life!” An All-Groovy bag, for those not in the know, is a bag of M&M’s in which each of the pieces of candy is speckled with many different colors. It had pictures of a Groovy M&M right there on the bag. Anyway, I took my bag home and sat it on the table while I proceeded to make the cookie dough. When it was time, I opened the bag. And lo and behold, it was Groovy. I tried not to get too excited, but hey, we could all use an extra $5000 a year. My fingers sticky with cookie dough, I anxiously cut apart the bag to reveal the official game piece. My heart skipped a beat when I read those fateful words: Sorry, This Bag Is Not A Winner. Please Play Again! Upon closer inspection, I noticed that my M&M’s were not groovy. It looked like they had many broken pieces of candy shells stuck to them. I guess that doesn’t constitute them as being groovy. Bastards. ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-trust-an-m-m-my-brush-with-fortune/182084/2 "2003-06-15T21:54:46Z")
Send me those M&Ms. I’ll punish them for playing you for a fool like that. I’ll grind them up, then drop them in a vat of acid. Mmmmm, M&Ms… ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-trust-an-m-m-my-brush-with-fortune/182084/3 "2003-06-15T22:10:34Z")
I want groovy M&Ms. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-trust-an-m-m-my-brush-with-fortune/182084/4 "2003-06-15T22:15:28Z")
That [red](http://global.mms.com/us/groovy/) M&M looks baked. :o ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-trust-an-m-m-my-brush-with-fortune/182084/5 "2003-06-15T22:52:29Z")
Back in 2000, I think it was, Oreo had a promotion where you had to look for the cookies which had images of cars or dollar signs or whatever on them. My friend and I had to go through the entire bag and inspect each Oreo, for fear her kids would **eat** the ten-grand cookie or whatever. Needless to say, the promotion didn’t last long. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-trust-an-m-m-my-brush-with-fortune/182084/6 "2003-06-15T23:03:39Z")
Rilchiam: The bag usually has confirmation if you have won, in case the contents are damaged or whatever. I second my good buddy over in Sector R: Mmmmmmmmm M&Ms 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-trust-an-m-m-my-brush-with-fortune/182084/7 "2003-06-16T00:20:30Z")
Was your bag **all** groovy? Or just sorta-kinda groovy? ---
**Author:** ![7\_up\_yours](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/919ad9/32.png) [@7\_up\_yours](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7_up_yours)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-trust-an-m-m-my-brush-with-fortune/182084/8 "2003-06-16T00:28:05Z")
Hmmmm. What’s interesting is that on the site it says: Grand Prize $5,000 a Year for Life!\* \*maximum 50 years Are they telling me I only have 50 years of life left? Are they telling me I’m so disgustingly unhealthy I’ll die early? If you don’t end up finding the groovy bag, you can always sue them for that. ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-trust-an-m-m-my-brush-with-fortune/182084/9 "2003-06-16T02:06:49Z")
Man, like all this competition stuff is just a downer, you know. Like, M&M’s are always groovy because they know they’re part of the universe and in tune with what’s happenin’. Cool. M&M’s are never uptight, you know, like, they are what they are and they never put on some kind mask to play the man’s game. Wow, that’s a heavy thought, yeah. I’m just saying that like, you know, you shouldn’t buy the M&M’s because some establishment type tells you they’re groovy, you should like be with the M&M’s in their space and really experience the cosmic rush of M&M-ness. Become one with the M&M. Like, have you ever really looked at an M&M? Man, like, this is really a trip. The red one’s talking to me dude–and he’s wearing shoes! I’m freakin’, man, I’m freakin’–the brown M&M’s are no good, the brown M&M are no good! Peace, love and freedom, man. Cool. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-trust-an-m-m-my-brush-with-fortune/182084/10 "2003-06-16T02:29:54Z")
Well they appeared to be all-groovy at first. But after I took a good look at them I noticed that the green ones were in fact, not groovy at all. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-trust-an-m-m-my-brush-with-fortune/182084/11 "2003-06-16T03:08:00Z")
No, no; it’s the **brown** ones that are specifically not too good. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-trust-an-m-m-my-brush-with-fortune/182084/12 "2003-06-16T03:10:19Z")
**D’OH**! **Kalessa** , I’m sorry I didn’t read your entire post…kinda spaced, man…heh heh, spaceman… ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-trust-an-m-m-my-brush-with-fortune/182084/13 "2003-06-16T05:17:04Z")
Don’t eat the brown M&Ms!!! ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-trust-an-m-m-my-brush-with-fortune/182084/14 "2003-06-16T05:46:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > \*\ ***D’OH**! **Kalessa** , I’m sorry I didn’t read your entire post…kinda spaced, man…heh heh, spaceman… \*\* It’s cool, man, I’m mellow with it. Good to know I’m not the only one that got a bad M&M. ---
**Author:** ![Qazzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@Qazzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qazzz)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-trust-an-m-m-my-brush-with-fortune/182084/15 "2003-06-16T14:04:20Z")
I dunno about you guys, but I’m holding out to win the one billion dollars from Pepsi!!! ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-trust-an-m-m-my-brush-with-fortune/182084/16 "2003-06-16T15:19:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Qazzz \* > **I dunno about you guys, but I’m holding out to win the one billion dollars from Pepsi!** Don’t hold your breath. Those bastards still haven’t delivered my Harrier. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-trust-an-m-m-my-brush-with-fortune/182084/17 "2003-06-16T15:21:23Z")
I wouldn’t quit your day job if I were you, **Qazzz** …according to the Pepsi website the odds of being the grand prize winner are 1 in 1.047 billion. And, then, the odds of the grand prize winner actually scooping the $1 bn are one in 1,000: so the odds of winning that billion are one in 1.047 TRILLION. Makes the Powerball look like a good bet! ---
**Author:** ![Qazzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@Qazzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qazzz)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-trust-an-m-m-my-brush-with-fortune/182084/18 "2003-06-16T15:44:58Z")
It’s too late. I’ve already quit my day job and spend all the money I make selling my body on Diet Pepsi!!! It’s a sure bet! ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-trust-an-m-m-my-brush-with-fortune/182084/19 "2003-06-16T16:29:43Z")
Are you sure they weren’t “Groovy”? A couple of weeks ago I was chatting with a co-worker when he suddenly stopped and examined the M&Ms he had just opened. They were all “Groovy” It took a few moments to find the weasel words on the package that said something like “If you find groovy M&Ms in your package you **may** be a winner” Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-trust-an-m-m-my-brush-with-fortune/182084/20 "2003-06-16T17:54:32Z")
Am I the only one who thinks the ‘groovy’ ones are just factory rejects that are not being thrown out anymore? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-trust-an-m-m-my-brush-with-fortune/182084.md?page=2)