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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

TWINKIE TWEAKERS, SO LONG SNOBALLS

For the past week all the tweakers are tweeting about Twinkies, the spongy, "creme" filled concoction marketed by Hostess for umpteen years.  That the sticky sweet is the epicenter of an us vs them economic struggle that is not yet resolved pales in light of the publicity this innocuous inanity has received in the last few days.

People are hoarding them, people are lamenting them, people are stuffing them into their faces before the supply runs out.


But has anyone noticed that few, if any, are damning the demise of as yet another Hostess delicacy, aka the SnoBall?

These things are really vile, my apologies, but yes, they are. At their center lurks the same gelatinous, white glue at the heart of the Hostess line, but this is surrounded by a layer of chocolate cake. Adding insult to injury, SnoBalls are coated with coconut flakes dyed alarmingly the same pink as Pepto Bismol.

I don't hear anyone grousing about how these might disappear from supermarket shelves, or stocking up large quantities in underground bunkers.

The last time I ate one of these I did so unwillingly. A bunch of us were hanging out at a local watering hole where I had arranged with the owner to present a steady stream of Snoballs with birthday candles on them to my friend N. 

Okay, it was NOT her birthday. 

The first one came out, everyone laughed, N blew out the candle. Ditto for the second one. 

The third one? Smushed right into my face, my just deserts for joking around.

Amen, and don't pass the Snoballs, please.

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