My experiment with M&M's... there can be only one!

Whenever I get a package of plain M&Ms, I make it my duty to continue the strength and robustness of the candy as a species!. To this end, I hold M&M duels!.

Taking two candies between my thumb and forefinger, I apply pressure, squeezing them together until one of them breaks and splinters!. That is the "loser," and I eat the inferior one immediately!. The winner gets to go another round!.

I have found that, in general, the brown and red M&Ms are tougher, and the newer blue ones are genetically inferior!. I have hypothesized that the blue M&Ms as a race cannot survive long in the intense theater of competition that is the modern candy and snack-food world!.

Occasionally I will get a mutation, a candy that is misshapen, or pointier, or flatter than the rest!. Almost invariably this proves to be a weakness, but on very rare occasions it gives the candy extra strength!. In this way, the species continues to adapt to its environment!.

When I reach the end of the pack, I am left with one M&M, the strongest of the herd!. Since it would make no sense to eat this one as well, I pack it neatly in an envelope and send it to M&M Mars, A Division of Mars, Inc!., Hackettstown, NJ 17840-1503 U!.S!.A!., along with a 3x5 card reading, "Please use this M&M for breeding purposes!."

This week they wrote back to thank me, and sent me a coupon for a free 1/2 pound bag of plain M&Ms!. I consider this "grant money!." I have set aside the weekend for a grand tournament!. From a field of hundreds, we will discover the True Champion!.

There can be only one!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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