# Wife says people are hording twinkies... really America? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 19, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515 "2012-11-19T16:46:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chargerrich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chargerrich/32/5399_2.png) [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/1 "2012-11-19T16:46:27Z")
Wife is at store last night and says crowds of people were grabbing Twinkies and other Hostess products off shelves like they were Water and Batteries in a disaster. WTF people… :smack: Really? Twinkies? Really? . . . . It is no wonder other countries hate us. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/2 "2012-11-19T16:53:29Z")
[Twinkie the Kid Is Alive and Well and Living in Canada.](http://www.geekosystem.com/canadian-twinkies/) > [@](#): > > Here’s Saputo’s take on the matter, courtesy of bakery division president Lionel Ettedgui: > > ``` > “We own the Hostess brand in Canada. There is no impact on us.” > > ``` Mwah, ha ha ha ha. Take that, you Twinkie lovers. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/3 "2012-11-19T16:53:39Z")
I don’t know why people are worried. It’s being sold, and three huge companies are bidding on it, including the one that already owns Sara Lee \ So, yeah. We’ll be without, but only temporarily. And for what it’s worth, the shelves have been empty of Hostess here since the day of the announcement, so I’m surprised people are finding ANYthing on the shelves. ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/4 "2012-11-19T17:07:57Z")
I have had Twinkies exactly once, and I can’t for the life of me understand why people like 'em so much. It’s like eating a log of corn syrup. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/5 "2012-11-19T17:14:53Z")
I wonder how many Twinkie hoarders want to eat them, and how many want to sell them in the future as collectible. Or edible. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/6 "2012-11-19T17:15:40Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > [Twinkie the Kid Is Alive and Well and Living in Canada.](http://www.geekosystem.com/canadian-twinkies/) > > Mwah, ha ha ha ha. Take that, you Twinkie lovers. I see a commercial possibility here. :: midnight on Lake Ontario, 35 km SE of Toronto :: A powerful speedboat hurtles across the water, pursued by Commercial Copyright & Revenue cutters. It swoops in close to the New York shore, and during a moment when it is invisible to its pursuers, bales are thrown overboard. Then it and the pursuit are gone over the eastern horizon in the direction of Rochester. A while later, a rowboat appears. Divers plunge into the depths, and return with the bales. On shore, the bales are opened, to reveal glittering packages of Canadian Twinkies. Everyone looks at them, and sighs. “Maybe we can have just one each…” ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/7 "2012-11-19T17:25:25Z")
I laugh at the idea of Twinkie hoarding, or ebay bidding. The last time we had one was perhaps 15 - 20 years ago when our children were young. Considering that the company has had financial turmoil, one may safely consider that the ingredients have not been upgraded either for nutrition or digestion. …_shudders._… ---
**Author:** ![ed\_anger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbce88/32.png) [@ed\_anger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ed_anger)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/8 "2012-11-19T17:25:33Z")
in 10 years a twinkie will be worth $139323745 or not ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/9 "2012-11-19T17:26:04Z")
Sound of double barrel shotgun being loaded. Move along son if you know whats good for you. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/10 "2012-11-19T17:27:10Z")
> [@ed\_anger](#): > > in 10 years a twinkie will be worth $139323745 Is inflation going to get _that_ bad by 2023? ---
**Author:** ![newcomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e5b9ba/32.png) [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/11 "2012-11-19T17:29:42Z")
No matter what Obama does - even getting junk-food corporation to go into bankruptcy - some people will find a way to get themselves first in line to waste US health-care system. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/12 "2012-11-19T17:38:26Z")
> [@LeeshaJoy](#): > > I have had Twinkies exactly once, and I can’t for the life of me understand why people like 'em so much. It’s like eating a log of corn syrup. These two sentences are polar opposites. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/13 "2012-11-19T17:41:25Z")
Guess what people are going to be doing on Thanksgiving Day? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/14 "2012-11-19T17:42:16Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > [Twinkie the Kid Is Alive and Well and Living in Canada.](http://www.geekosystem.com/canadian-twinkies/) > > Mwah, ha ha ha ha. Take that, you Twinkie lovers. Dear Canada, Please send us Twinkies. Signed, Amurika. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/15 "2012-11-19T17:42:28Z")
Eating turkey. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/16 "2012-11-19T17:44:10Z")
Weed just isn’t the same without Twinkies. And Cheetos. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/17 "2012-11-19T18:05:06Z")
> [@Kozmik](#): > > Guess what people are going to be doing on Thanksgiving Day? Stuffing turkeys? With… …Twinkies? ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/18 "2012-11-19T18:21:57Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Weed just isn’t the same without Twinkies. Little Debbie Swiss Rolls are good for the munchies, better than Twinkies, by far. IMHO. Not that I know anything about these “munchies”, I’ve just heard this all from friends and associates. Nope, no weed here, move along now. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/19 "2012-11-19T18:23:35Z")
Someone just posted a cute cartoon on facebook. It explains why the Mayan calendar ends in 2012. No more Twinkies! ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/20 "2012-11-19T18:58:43Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Someone just posted a cute cartoon on facebook. It explains why the Mayan calendar ends in 2012. No more Twinkies! I’ve seen some that say 2012 is the end of the world because 1. Obama 2. No more Twinkies 3. Weed legalized 4. Gay marriage legalized But the pot + no twinkies together? Yeah, that’s REALLY the end! :eek: The only thing I’ll miss \< for the brief while it won’t be around\> are the Chocodiles. At work, we used to use them as treats and gifts and snacks for other departments. It was practically currency, lol, and the cafeteria could barely keep them in stock. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515.md?page=2)