# 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:** 3
**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 20, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/41 "2012-11-20T02:48:26Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > Hmm. I’ll keep that in mind next time work sends me to your neck of the world. > Assuming this situation doesn’t sort itself out by then. > (I don’t eat junk food. But it would be cool to come back with twinkies, just because I could.) > > -D/a Twinkies and Cuban cigars. You’d be the talk of the town. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/42 "2012-11-20T02:51:05Z")
> [@Gleena](#): > > What will become of the Twinkie defense if there are no Twinkies?? Don’t worry. Endor will continue to make em. Made by Wookies of course. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/43 "2012-11-20T03:01:49Z")
> [@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. Are those the banana filling or vanilla filling Twinkies? Or the maple flavored moose dropping filled Twinkies they make for export? hehehe ---
**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 20, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/44 "2012-11-20T03:30:22Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Twinkies and Cuban cigars. You’d be the talk of the town. Just don’t get them confused. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/45 "2012-11-20T03:37:43Z")
> [@Reepicheep](#): > > At the store getting stocked for Thanksgiving – saw a cart with 12 boxes of twinkies - don’t know if that is normal for them for Thanksgiving or if they were hording. That was going to be my response to the OP - “Why stop now?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/46 "2012-11-20T04:00:37Z")
saw on the news where the company and workers are negotiating for a final time before the company commits to the bankruptcy in court. those that have stocked up don’t have to worry, the Twinkies will last. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/47 "2012-11-20T05:56:49Z")
> [@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. For some reason, I read that in a Cartman voice…whilst hiding a gym locker full of them to eat alone, away from hungry eyeballs. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/48 "2012-11-20T06:08:41Z")
Im a tastycake fan…butterscotch crumpetts…can’t remember last time I saw them though. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/49 "2012-11-20T07:22:57Z")
> [@chargerrich](#): > > 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: Yeah, but wait until the Apocolypse! We all know Twinkies last forever. And THEN who’ll have the last laugh? (I prefer Zingers myself.) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/50 "2012-11-20T09:17:14Z")
> [@Wednesday\_Evening](#): > > My Canadian brother-in-law is visiting for Thanksgiving. Perhaps I should ask him to bring some Twinkies! See if he can get the Customs officials to put some kind of ostentatious official-looking stamp on the box. 🙂 ---
**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 20, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/51 "2012-11-20T17:37:42Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > See if he can get the Customs officials to put some kind of ostentatious official-looking stamp on the box. 🙂 Or just make up a sticker that says something like “PASSED by the Federal Snack Board”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/52 "2012-11-20T18:04:33Z")
I’m seeing a lot of love for Twinkies, but where’s the love for Ding Dongs, Ho Hos, and Dolly Madison? ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/53 "2012-11-20T20:18:29Z")
I’m really going to miss those little cinnamon streusel cakes. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/54 "2012-11-20T21:29:25Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Yeah, but wait until the Apocolypse! We all know Twinkies last forever. And THEN who’ll have the last laugh? > \ [That’s an urban legend.](http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/twinkies.asp) Honey and rice, on the other hand, actually _do_ last forever. There was an interesting article on this that I read a while ago; scientists are working on space-age food that can be stored indefinitely. But that’s probably not important right now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/55 "2012-11-21T01:41:24Z")
[QUOTE=Cat Whisperer] That’s an urban legend…{snip} [/QUOTE] [Or _is it_?](http://www.treehugger.com/health/worlds-oldest-twinkie-has-hardly-aged-36-years.html) :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/56 "2012-11-21T02:13:12Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > …Or the maple flavored moose dropping filled Twinkies they make for export? hehehe wait, what? WANT!! ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/57 "2012-11-21T18:53:14Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > wait, what? WANT!! I think he means [actual fecal matter](http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/adult-chaperone-tricks-students-into-eating-moose-droppings/10425/). ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/58 "2012-11-22T16:47:51Z")
Twinkies’ Amazon sales rank is currently #135, listed for about $25 plus shipping. I think you can get them for less than $5 on Ebay though. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/59 "2012-11-22T17:32:21Z")
> [@For You](#): > > I think he means [actual fecal matter](http://blog.timesunion.com/hottopics/adult-chaperone-tricks-students-into-eating-moose-droppings/10425/). I am disappoint. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515/60 "2012-11-22T17:36:51Z")
When I heard about the bankruptcy, I spent about five minutes thinking “Awww, Twinkies…!” Then I realized I haven’t had once since 1985, and I wasn’t much of a fan of them then. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-says-people-are-hording-twinkies-really-america/641515.md?page=4)