# Why do I laugh at Marshmallow Peeps? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 6, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-laugh-at-marshmallow-peeps/153287 "2003-02-06T19:45:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Broodha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@Broodha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broodha)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-laugh-at-marshmallow-peeps/153287/1 "2003-02-06T19:45:18Z")
Does anyone else find the sight (or thought) of those yellow or pink marshmallow peeps to be totally hilarious? ridiculous? I find the taste revolting. One of the funniest things I have ever seen, though, is a peep in the microwave. Why are they so funny? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-laugh-at-marshmallow-peeps/153287/2 "2003-02-06T20:10:14Z")
Well, [this](http://www.peepresearch.org/) is damn funny. ---
**Author:** ![Broodha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@Broodha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broodha)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-laugh-at-marshmallow-peeps/153287/3 "2003-02-06T20:16:12Z")
Oh Eve. Thanks! You made my day! ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-laugh-at-marshmallow-peeps/153287/4 "2003-02-06T20:27:41Z")
ROFLMAO! **Eve** thanks for the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long while. This one is getting shared with lots and lots of people. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-laugh-at-marshmallow-peeps/153287/5 "2003-02-06T20:32:21Z")
Don’t forget [Lord of the Peeps](http://www.lordofthepeeps.com/) ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-laugh-at-marshmallow-peeps/153287/6 "2003-02-06T20:58:32Z")
How would you feel about [FREE PEEPS](http://www.marshmallowpeeps.com/emails/valentine03.html) !!! ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-laugh-at-marshmallow-peeps/153287/7 "2003-02-06T21:07:19Z")
I’ve got a card that shows the Easter Bunny giving a shout out to his peeps. It’s a picture of an urban bunny in a store, saying “YO!” to a shelf of marshmallow peeps. Cracks me up every time. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-laugh-at-marshmallow-peeps/153287/8 "2003-02-06T21:20:52Z")
That is not a subject for jesting. I participated in the “Free Peeps” March on Washington back in '98. And still, they are not free . . . ---
**Author:** ![InTransit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47774/32.png) [@InTransit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InTransit)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-laugh-at-marshmallow-peeps/153287/9 "2003-02-07T01:28:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tanstaafl \* > \*\*Don’t forget [Lord of the Peeps](http://www.lordofthepeeps.com/) \*\* Thank you for that, **tanstaafl**. I am crying, it’s so twisted and funny. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-laugh-at-marshmallow-peeps/153287/10 "2003-02-07T01:46:53Z")
By themselves they’re not funny. But if you skewered a bunch of them with a stick and held them over a fire, _that_ would be funny. “Help! I’m MELLLLLLTINGGGG!!!” ---
**Author:** ![GorillaGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8491ac/32.png) [@GorillaGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaGirl)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-laugh-at-marshmallow-peeps/153287/11 "2003-02-07T01:50:40Z")
How about this one? [http://www.lordofthepeeps.com/peephenge/peephenge.html](http://www.lordofthepeeps.com/peephenge/peephenge.html) ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-laugh-at-marshmallow-peeps/153287/12 "2003-02-07T02:00:57Z")
i make peep kabobs for center pieces for pascal brunch. better than flowers. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-laugh-at-marshmallow-peeps/153287/13 "2003-02-07T06:40:12Z")
A freinds of mine purchased some of the sweet goodies mentioned in the OP, and some of [these](http://homies.tv/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=hs1&Product_Code=HS-5) supermarket toy machine figurines. Why? So that when he was at his computers, he’d be with his homies and his peeps. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-laugh-at-marshmallow-peeps/153287/14 "2003-02-07T15:01:08Z")
Because if you showed fear, they would attack! ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-laugh-at-marshmallow-peeps/153287/15 "2003-02-07T16:03:45Z")
Bah ha ha! **Troy** , that’s great! ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-laugh-at-marshmallow-peeps/153287/16 "2003-02-07T18:24:54Z")
You LAUGH? :eek: You mock the sweet, sugary goodness that is the Peep? :eek: :eek: I’ll have you know that seeing the new heart-shaped Valentines Day Peeps on display was the highlight of my week. _No more waiting for the Easter Bunny No more waiting for the Bunny Screw the Bunny I get my Peeps now Happy happy joy joy!_ ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-laugh-at-marshmallow-peeps/153287/17 "2003-02-07T21:44:59Z")
Look what happens when peeps get together with a glue gun crazed crafter: [Easter sombrero](http://www.marshmallowpeeps.com/recipes_crafts/detail.jsp?id=96). And here’s a [patriotic](http://www.marshmallowpeeps.com/recipes_crafts/detail.jsp?id=97) one! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-laugh-at-marshmallow-peeps/153287/18 "2003-02-07T21:55:43Z")
The Valentine’s Day Peeps are yummmmmmmmmmmmy. Both the sickly sweet vanilla and freakishly colored strawberry ones are my favorites! Hooray, it’s almost Easter candy time!