If you eat enough at once, all the skin in your mouth will peel.
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Fun story about these. When I was a kid and first came across these, my classmates had convinced me that lemon was the weakest flavor. This meant that when I had one, it was way too strong, and I assumed all the others must be worse, so it was the flavor I always picked when offered.
Moral of the story: don’t always take others word for it and be willing to try options that you’ve been told are wrong.
I now have the strength to try heroin, thank you kind stranger
All things in moderation, friend :)
Except heroine. Don’t do heroine.
You. Are. Gonna.... Love it. Go wild. But be responsible, have some coke handy to bring you back up if the H gets a little too heady
It's it just me, or, are the current day versions of these way way way toned down compared to the 90s versions?
100%. You'd have to take your time machine back to the 90's 1st to pick up the real deal.
They are nothing like they used to be. The old ones could physically damage your mouth, a layer of skin would peel off from acid burns if you went at them for a while. Probably inappropriately acidic. In the intervening years, litigation has become more routine, I don't think they want to get sued for Little Jimmy's pain and suffering - let alone a choking case.
I got a few of these that were actually sweet through and through, no sour at all, was so disappointed. Anything with the Warheads brand is like this now.
Could be that or could be your tastebuds as a kid couldn't handle strong flavors as well. I remember those fireball things being pretty hot but as an adult they weren't spicy at all
They'd probably kill you on the spot for holding something they've never seen and you wearing strange clothing while speaking in an unfamiliar accent and language.
This has already been recorded in the documentary Timeline(2003).
When I was in middle school all the kids at my church, me included, kind of got obsessed with these things. As a consequence now I can basically eat anything sour with no difficulty whatsoever. No pucker factor. I can eat a lemon like it was an orange if I want. I mean I don't cuz that's weird but still.
If in an 8th century peasant, then I'm stabbing you with my pitchfork, witch
An 8th century peasant probably wouldn’t immediately call you a witch, and even if they did, they probably wouldn’t execute you for it, so long as nothing suspicious happens afterwards. So long as you don’t literally show up in your Time Machine in the middle of the day directly in front of them, you’ll be fine. Keep a low profile and people will write a lot of things off as exotic goods. You could just say these are a candy from somewhere far away and they would have no way of knowing.
Shouldn’t you be seeing if they weigh the same as a duck?
If you haven't had one since you were a kid I've got some bad news for you.
They're not very good now, and sort of taste like chemicals. :/
Yep, and the "sour" layer lasts about half as long as the flavor in a Juicy Fruit.
Have they changed or have we changed?

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