# Whatever happened to the Ayds diet caramels

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 21, 2002, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-ayds-diet-caramels/144273 "2002-12-21T21:48:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bob\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-ayds-diet-caramels/144273/21 "2003-01-17T03:25:49Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Duckster \*  
> \*\*Well, _The Onion_ has only been in existence since 1995 so their parody was actually written long after that date. \*\*

Thank you for pointing out the blindingly obvious.

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> _Originally posted by_ Achernar  
> **It was written this week, in fact. Note the date at the top.**

The book that’s from, [_Our Dumb Century,_](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0609804618/qid=1042772685/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_2/103-1335805-7781407?v=glance&s=books&n=507846#product-details) was published in 1999.

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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-ayds-diet-caramels/144273/22 "2003-01-17T03:37:38Z")

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Ah fair enough. I assumed that this week was its first publication, since you chose this time to resurrect a three-week-old thread.

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**Author:** ![Bob\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-ayds-diet-caramels/144273/23 "2003-01-17T06:59:08Z")

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Well, the book was published in 1999, but that page from the book has only been on their site since Tuesday. They put a different one up every week.

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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-the-ayds-diet-caramels/144273/24 "2003-01-17T07:03:13Z")

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Yes I know. And in my time zone, it goes up very early on Wednesdays, which would make sense with the issuance dates.

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