HP Merchandise story
| One of the ads up at the top was for HP merchandise and it reminded me of sometime last year I was in a Sheetz (a mega-convenient store/gas station in these parts) and they had Bertie Bott's every flavor beans. I thought "that's interesting" so I picked up a few boxes, figuring that they would be all good flavors, thinking they were only going for the name but nobody would seriously carry through the "every flavor" thing in actual production/marketing ... But they did. There were dirt flavored that actually tasted like dirt and grass that actually tasted like grass .... there was even a vomit flavored one that had a very funky smell to it (we tossed that one.) I thought it was a cool thing in the books and thought it was cool they did it keeping accurate to the idea even though it probably made them sell very poorly ... but I'm not sure I would buy another box of them. (lol) |
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Joe said ... (October 31, 2005 9:47 AM)
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Pauli said ... (October 31, 2005 10:01 AM)
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Merlin said ... (October 31, 2005 10:08 AM)
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post a commentI, sadly, have tried the vomit flavored one. And yes, it does taste like you think it might.
The sardine flavored one should be avoided, as well.
Stick to chocolate bars, people! Well, unless you're on a diet...this is exactly why Dumbledore prefers muggle sweets - much safer!
True Story
-When I bought the beans two friends and I were exploring the whole thing, reading the identification chart on the back, sniffing them ... tried the earwax to discover that yes, they actually did make them "real" flavors...
So Steve and Dom (the 2 friends)and I decided to try to play a trick on another guy who was a former housemate back for a visit, named Ryan. Surpressing out giggles we passed them off on Ryan while in fornt of the TV. To our amazement he downed the whole box in one mouthful and barely noticed ... his only comment when he saw our stares and we asked how they tasted was, "yeah, I guess they taste a little funny, I dunno, didn't think about it."
... Our jaws were on the floor.