# Squiggle Code: Open C, Closed C, O?

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [September 22, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squiggle-code-open-c-closed-c-o/265527 "2004-09-22T18:13:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squiggle-code-open-c-closed-c-o/265527/1 "2004-09-22T18:13:48Z")

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In Cecil’s meticulously researched column on deciphering the candy codes, [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_062.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_062.html)  
he explains that in the Universal Candy Code, chocolate cream=open C, cherry cordial=closed C, and orange cream=O. Now, what the heck? If you close a C, isn’t it an O?

What am I missing here.