# True love is an earwax jellybean
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-love-is-an-earwax-jellybean/308542
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [June 16, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-love-is-an-earwax-jellybean/308542 "2005-06-16T14:42:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-love-is-an-earwax-jellybean/308542/21 "2005-06-17T15:06:38Z")
> [@N. Sane](#):
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> And I always wondered how they know what the bogey flavored should taste like. And what would one say to someone who ate a bogey flavored one and then either agreed that they got it right on the mark, or were off . . . đ
My nephew treated me (without telling me what it was) to one of the Harry Potter variety of Jelly Bellyâsâdirt flavored, to be precise. I told him that the _ **only** _ reason he lived to tell about it was that he didnât give me a vomit or booger flavored one.
But I, too, wonderedâhow do they determine that they got the flavor right? I mean, do they sit around a table, chewing thoughtfully and say, âYep, thatâs perfectâtastes just like a booger!â I mean, the idea of them doing this kind of research is just too disgusting to contemplate!
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### Author:  [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-love-is-an-earwax-jellybean/308542/22 "2005-06-17T15:09:08Z")
> [@N. Sane](#):
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> And I always wondered how they know what the bogey flavored should taste like.
Maybe they paid some eight-year olds.
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### Author:  [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-love-is-an-earwax-jellybean/308542/23 "2005-06-21T15:45:04Z")
Iâm relieved to learn that the thread is about _actual_ jelly-bean type of sweets.
That is, I _think_ Iâm relieved.
I donât know whether they exist in the UK, so perhaps I should have a look. Long time since I have even had normal jelly-beans, come to think of it.
Hmm - unhealthy shopping soon!
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### Author:  [@Atheist\_Princess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atheist_Princess)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-love-is-an-earwax-jellybean/308542/24 "2005-06-21T23:33:55Z")
I look forward to reporting back to you guys on the interesting sounding flavours of the jelly beans as\*\* jsgoddess\*\* has been so kind as to sned some out for me
_eagerly waiting đ_
Thanks **js** đ
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### Author:  [@pasunejen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pasunejen)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2005, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-love-is-an-earwax-jellybean/308542/25 "2005-06-22T00:11:57Z")
Oddly enough, the only flavor that _seriously_ grossed me out was grass. The others were icky, but didnât really make me gag the way that did.
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### Author:  [@Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefarious_Chipmunk)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2005, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-love-is-an-earwax-jellybean/308542/26 "2005-06-22T07:46:32Z")
What exactly are the possible bad flavors?
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### Author:  [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2005, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-love-is-an-earwax-jellybean/308542/27 "2005-06-22T08:10:39Z")
From the link that **yellowval** posted, they inlcude:
Earwax Spaghetti
Black Pepper Earthworm
Sardine Dirt
Soap Grass
Vomit Booger
[http://www.stupid.com/stat/BOTT.html](http://www.stupid.com/stat/BOTT.html)
But they seem to have nice ones as well - green apple sounds good, as does watermelon.
Ha! I have only now realised that I never, as a kid, really gave any thought to what the ânormalâ jellybean flavours were meant to be.
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### Author:  [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2005, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-love-is-an-earwax-jellybean/308542/28 "2005-06-22T08:19:07Z")
I just wanted to say that there was was something about the wonderfully euphonious âEarwax Jellybeanâ that made me sure I had read it before, but I couldnât quite identify it. I finally thought of it: I was wrong, but close. I was thinking of âXerox Candy Bar.â I think Brautigan might have quite liked the OP as found poetry.
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### Author:  [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2005, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-love-is-an-earwax-jellybean/308542/29 "2005-06-22T08:47:47Z")
> [@Celyn](#):
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> Earwax Spaghetti
> Black Pepper Earthworm
> Sardine Dirt
> Soap Grass
> Vomit Booger
> .
Goodness, from the way these were listed, for a second I thought theyâd come out with new, even more horrible flavors.
Itâs the nice flavored ones that make selection so difficult. It may look like tutti fruity, so chomp!, ack itâs vomit instead. Seems much worse when that happens.
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### Author:  [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2005, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-love-is-an-earwax-jellybean/308542/30 "2005-06-22T08:54:25Z")
**The Highwayman** gave me a vomit one, once. And I still married him 3 years later! I liked the pepper and grass. I also found dirt to be strangely good (esp. when you mix it with grass!).
I have not however had the sardine, nor do I intend to.
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### Author:  [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2005, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-love-is-an-earwax-jellybean/308542/31 "2005-06-22T11:44:52Z")
One of the guys at work brought in a box of those once. I liked pepper. Grass, dirt, earwax, and even vomit didnât do much for me. Sardine, however⌠:eek: nasty, nasty, nasty. We were daring each other to eat the sardine jellybeans. Every one of us, to the last man and woman, ended up spitting the sardine beans into the garbage. No one could bring themselves to swallow one.
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### Author:  [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-love-is-an-earwax-jellybean/308542/32 "2005-06-22T15:49:45Z")
Bah, my S.O. gave me an earwax jellybean once, thatâs why I donât stick my tongue in his ear anymore. That man needs to learn to use a Q-tip.
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-love-is-an-earwax-jellybean/308542/33 "2005-06-22T15:50:30Z")
> [@The Sausage Creature](#):
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> I have not however had the sardine, nor do I intend to.
Theyâre not that bad, really. Much better than booger (not sure Iâve ever had a vomit one).
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### Author:  [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-love-is-an-earwax-jellybean/308542/34 "2005-06-24T01:45:15Z")
> [@Celyn](#):
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> Earwax Spaghetti
Band name!
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