Wonder Bread
Stuart's picture is so much better but all and sundry are blocked from uploading it from his site, and he has his partition of the home computer sealed off from me by passcode. Just another case of "so near and yet so far."My daughter wants to know why they call a Twinkie a Twinkie. For a change, I thought I would ask some live beings instead of Googling.
I am a pathological Googler. Just ask anyone.
So. Nu? How did the Twinkie get its name?
Bonus points: How old is Twinkie this year? And what should we serve at its birthday party?
posted by lisa schamess @ 17:11
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Nu, I'll bite (appropriate expression when talking about Twinkies, I guess!). Never knew so much could come from a Twinky, I clearly underestimated it's importance, and hereby promise to make an effort to sink my teeth in a Twinkie the next time I'm "in the area".
After some investigation I hereby suggest: Twinkie's name was inspired by a billboard in St. Louis advertising Twinkle Toe Shoes
I say Twinkie(the DOG) recently made lucky 13. Thinking that's pretty old for a dog, I suggest we NOT plan Twinkie's next birthday quite yet. Still, I'm guessing a Twinkie Sushi is on the table, so to speak.
So what do the bonus points do for me?
Oh. I hadn't thought that through. Would you prefer a set of Twinkies or a Bagel of Doubt?
Bagel of doubt is inspired! But I wouldn't mind some of that (De)brie... :oD
OK, so after much painstaking research I have discovered that, number one, the Twinkie is 75 years young and came into this world sans filling. And B., I don't know diddly-squat about painstaking research. All I could discover about the etymology of said product stems FROM the Twinkie, not TOWARDS the Twinkie. F'rinstance - twinkie is slang for a person of Asian/White mixed race, I guess along the lines of the epithet which refers to that other all-American (and FAR superior, I mean, there's no contest) snack treat, the Oreo, though apparently without the denigrating connotation, AND, twinkie, in the gay community, is slang for a desirable young guy "cream-filled, sweet and good to eat", or somesuch.
So how does the Fjordian come up with this billboard information? Even your VIRTUAL friends are smarter than I am.
I realize I am not entitled to the Twinkie "Set" and didn't want it anyway (unless it came with all the accessories, so that after I build my Twinkie hotel and parking lot I could put in a ramp* and circular drive* for my HotWheels).
Thanks for nothing,
Twinkiehater Le Pieu
*sold separately
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