# Peeps! Yay! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 18, 2000, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-yay/13944 "2000-02-18T07:22:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PTVroman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bb73d2/32.png) [@PTVroman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PTVroman)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-yay/13944/21 "2000-02-18T16:33:00Z")
At Christmas time, I noticed that the same company has started selling Marshmellow Snowmen. (btw, my brother and my sister-in-law have been exchanging the same box of peeps for CHRISTMAS for the last 6-7 years.) * * * _“The large print givith, and the small print taketh away.”_ Tom Waites, “Step Right Up” ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-yay/13944/22 "2000-02-18T16:42:00Z")
Eeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww. I ate one of those two years ago because one of my professors was giving them out for free. Still haven’t recovered. ---
**Author:** ![ReservoirDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@ReservoirDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReservoirDog)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-yay/13944/23 "2000-02-18T20:27:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Jois: > \*\*A friend used to butter the peeps before eating. \*\* That is the most digusting thing I have heard all week. * * * “It is only out of sheer, morbid curiosity that I am allowing this freakshow to continue…” ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-yay/13944/24 "2000-02-18T21:46:00Z")
What’s the purpose of putting them in the microwave? Rose * * * I told you not to be stupid, you moron. ---
**Author:** ![Surgoshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Surgoshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surgoshan)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-yay/13944/25 "2000-02-18T22:56:00Z")
The same reason you’d put a hamster in the microwave. So you can watch it swell up really big, and then eat it. Wait, did I say hamster? * * * I sold my soul to Satan for a dollar. I got it in the mail. ---
**Author:** ![Dernhelm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9f8e36/32.png) [@Dernhelm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dernhelm)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-yay/13944/26 "2000-02-18T23:15:00Z")
Peeps are now available for Valentine’s Day! Yep, now you can enjoy that stale sugary goodness twice a year 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2000, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-yay/13944/27 "2000-02-18T23:15:00Z")
> [@](#): > > I love when the thin little tail area goes all stiff and chewy. **I** like to get all stiff and chewy. * * * “Though I hate 'em, I’ll defend to my death your right to use smilies.” Forward deployed until 18AUG00 ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2000, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-yay/13944/28 "2000-02-19T00:48:00Z")
Thanks for the link, UncaBeer! Mulder & Scully’s Peep Party is pretty swell too! ---
**Author:** ![Girlbysea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Girlbysea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlbysea)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2000, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-yay/13944/29 "2000-02-19T03:56:00Z")
And no fat!!! * * * * * * Girlbysea (AKA: ChiefScott’s GBS) ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2000, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-yay/13944/30 "2000-02-19T04:23:00Z")
You see, my girlfriend is one of those Pink Peep people. My old roommate, for some reason I’ll never fathom, had a thing for the _purple_ ones. It’s just unnatural. Sugar-coated marshmallow baby chickens should be yellow, dammit. Dr. J (fearing this may end up in Great Debates) PS: Cadbury Eggs–I like them, but only one a year. That’s enough. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2000, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-yay/13944/31 "2000-02-19T04:48:00Z")
:::lovingly assembling my ACME Home Flame Thrower in anticipation of the festivities:::: Jeff?! You got the skewers? * * * [**StoryTyler**](http://sites.netscape.net/storytyler/homepage) “Not everybody does it, but everybody should.” ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2000, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-yay/13944/32 "2000-02-19T05:54:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Dernhelm: > **Peeps are now available for Valentine’s Day! Yep, now you can enjoy that stale sugary goodness twice a year 😉** They’ve got orange cat Peeps for Halloween. My sister bought some of them. I confess that I like to buy the bunny Peeps (why are the non-chickens still called Peeps??) and bite the heads off. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeps-yay/13944.md?page=1)