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On Tuesday night I wound up with assorted party leftovers from Saturday night's multiple-birthday party. Among the leftovers was a bag of S&Ms. I'm guessing that about three fourths of the folks reading this knows what that means, but I figured I'd use this as an excuse to spread the meme to the rest...

I dunno about different names for candies in different countries, but here we have two types of candy that look remarkably similar: M&Ms have colourful glossy candy shells around little pellets of chocolate, and Skittles have colourful glossy candy shells around little pellets of chewy fruit-flavoured stuff. M&Ms have little 'M's on them and Skittles have little 'S's on them. So if you mix the two together in a bowl, you have party candy and a titilating pun in one swell foop: a bowl of S&Ms.

(As far as I know, this practice started at parties for BDSM-folk -- what, ten years ago, I think? -- but hey, it's a cute pun for anyone who knows that particular term, whether they're actually into it or not...)

Now to go find a bag of Skittles in a grocery store and read the ingredients -- I don't remember off the top of my head whether they contain stuff I don't eat...