# the orange and yellow ones **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 4, 1999, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orange-and-yellow-ones/3653 "1999-10-04T07:22:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bantmof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@bantmof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bantmof)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 1999, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orange-and-yellow-ones/3653/1 "1999-10-04T07:22:00Z")
The topic sometimes comes up in casual conversation, and although it is not unheard of for people to like the orange ones and the yellow ones, it’s a long ways from universal, and in contrast, pretty much everybody seems to like the red ones, the green ones, and if there are blue ones, the blue ones. (I’m sure exceptions will turn up). People either love or hate the black ones, but opinions run strong there, and most people seem to like the white ones. Since it seems that liking the orange and yellow ones is uncommon, it seems like there would be a big market niche waiting to be filled by any company that would sell bags without the orange and yellow ones. But I’ve never seen such things for sale (with the exception of single-color bags; i.e, all black ones, but I don’t think that counts). Why not? I always end up discarding perhaps 1/3 of the bag that was orange/yellow ones. But the “space filler” theory doesn’t hold up, as there shouldn’t be much (if any) difference in production costs. So what gives? – peas on earth ---
**Author:** ![pmh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@pmh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pmh)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 1999, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orange-and-yellow-ones/3653/2 "1999-10-04T07:32:00Z")
Racist. Seriously, what “ones”? Jelly beans? ---
**Author:** ![Temujin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Temujin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Temujin)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 1999, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orange-and-yellow-ones/3653/3 "1999-10-04T07:36:00Z")
In my experience, a condom is a condom. The color doesn’t really matter. You ARE talking about condoms, right? ---
**Author:** ![bantmof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@bantmof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bantmof)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 1999, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orange-and-yellow-ones/3653/4 "1999-10-04T07:55:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Seriously, what “ones”? Jelly beans? Well, I hoped it was gonna be clear from context :-). But: any cheap candy that comes in the flavors of red/green/yellow/orange/white/black/etc. Like those chewy gum-drop things, or cheap jelly beans (doesn’t apply to the better ones like Jelly Bellies), etc. – peas on earth ---
**Author:** ![Temujin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Temujin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Temujin)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 1999, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orange-and-yellow-ones/3653/5 "1999-10-04T08:00:00Z")
> [@](#): > > those chewy gum-drop things Never heard them called THAT before. ---
**Author:** ![bantmof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@bantmof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bantmof)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 1999, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orange-and-yellow-ones/3653/6 "1999-10-04T08:03:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Never heard them called THAT before. There’s a good joke in there somewhere about “coming in flavors”, but I ain’t gonna go near it. No sir. – peas on earth ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 1999, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orange-and-yellow-ones/3653/7 "1999-10-04T08:16:00Z")
I like the orange and yellow ones. And the red and black and white ones. But not the pink or purple ones, and definitely not the blue ones. I think it likely it’d be an even spread, really. Some people, heaven forbid, don’t like the _black_ ones! Yipe! * * * “So what you are telling me, Percy, is that something you have never seen is _slightly less blue_ than something else that you have never seen.” ---
**Author:** ![Nickrz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nickrz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickrz)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 1999, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orange-and-yellow-ones/3653/8 "1999-10-04T09:14:00Z")
## I think the OP refers to MPSIMS topics. 😉 Nickrz GQ Mod