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The original Life Savers flavors: Pep-O-Mint, Wint-O-Green, Vi-O-Let, Choc-O-Late, Cin-O-Mon, Cl-O-ve, Lic-O-Rice.

-O- how clever. -O- how delicious. -O- brother! Life Savers are tasty. Wild Cherry’s good, wintergreen can hit the spot, Pep-O-Mint burns the inside of your mouth. They used to have a pack called Fancy Fruits – delish; there was a grapefruit-flavored one in there. I’ve eaten thousands and thousands of packs, always using my fingernail to push the next candy to the top of the pack, so that at pack’s end I’d have a perfectly hollow, intact package. That’s how the professionals do it.  

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The Kid In The Candy Store

Butterscotch For Breakfast 

An original children’s story ©1997 & 2017 Words by Patrick Macke, illustrations by my pal Johnee Bee (johneebeeshow.tumblr.com)
“Mom says going to school without socks is like having candy for breakfast…It’s just not something big boys do.
“I bet Mister Codworth’s kids don’t wear socks to school. Shoot, I bet they don’t go to school at all, just walk around the candy store barefoot all day…Bet they have licorice for dinner, jawbreakers for lunch and butterscotch taffy for breakfast.

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