Couch 240: The Vanadis Couch

ScarletPimpernel · Oct 08, 2022 at 06:33 PM

Artie - you doing okay? Saw your post in the dear T thread.

LonesomeTonight · Oct 08, 2022 at 07:05 PM

I was also wondering, Artie. Hope you're OK! Post here if you think it might help.

velcro003 · Oct 09, 2022 at 08:36 PM

Cool whip.

atisketatasket · Oct 09, 2022 at 11:11 PM

I have just eaten my first cotton candy ever.

And what’s the big deal? I don’t get it.

unaluna · Oct 09, 2022 at 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

I have just eaten my first cotton candy ever.

And what’s the big deal? I don’t get it.

I heard on tv today - love is like horse riding or speaking french - you have to start young, or you will never be any good at it.

Maybe cotton candy is like that too.

Eta i smell skunk.

NP_Complete · Oct 10, 2022 at 12:51 AM

It's not really the flavor. I like the way it dissolves on your tongue.

Daffydungle · Oct 10, 2022 at 12:59 AM

I love those videos of racoons given cotton candy the look when dissolves....

atisketatasket · Oct 10, 2022 at 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by NP_Complete

It's not really the flavor. I like the way it dissolves on your tongue.

Ah. I did not realize one was supposed to let it dissolve. I will try that next time.

It’s a five-pack of Halloween flavored cotton candy I spotted at Walmart. Pumpkin pie was the flavor I tried last night.

stopdog · Oct 10, 2022 at 08:46 AM

cotton candy is best when you are 5-7 yrs old and it is fresh. I loved it as a kid but as an adult it is way too sweet. But it absolutely has to be fresh and spun right in front of you. I've never tried flavored cotton candy. But as with Oreos I am a purist. As I recall it was either red or pink food dye and just plain sugar. It's more of a texture thing than a flavor thing in my opinion but when I was little it was one of my absolute favorites

atisketatasket · Oct 10, 2022 at 09:17 AM

I blame my parents for focusing too much on the health of our teeth.

Anyone ever bitten into a banana to find a dark, crunchy center? I did for the first time in my life this morning and am wondering if it’s safe to eat more? My tongue tip is a little numb from that first bite.

stopdog · 09:39 AM

Yes we only had opportunity for it to be our treat a couple of times a year. One was at my Dad's homecoming festivities and the other was at our catholic school fair. We didn't have fancy store packaged kind - I don't think they had it back in the old days packaged for stores. It is kind of like rice krispies treats - which I never liked -but they were homemade -not sold in store packages.

I have had bananas with black middles and crunchy bits but I usually cut that part off. I am still alive and don't recall any ill effects (my bar for such is fairly low). A quick search on google revealed that it is probably okay to eat depending on who you ask.
The canadians (after my own heart) are not that worked up about it, but a couple of over-wrought people advise not to.

canadians: Red fungus inside bananas - Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Middle of the road: My banana is black in the middle - is it safe to eat?

overwrought:4 Things You Need To Know About Banana Black Center Syndrome

unaluna · Oct 10, 2022 at 09:50 AM

Stopdog is exactly right. Half (or more) of the fun of cotton candy is watching it create itself seemingly out of thin air in a huge aluminum barrel.

The packaged stuff is like saying

Possible trigger:

sex is a used condom

. Sorry for the disgusting imagery!

NP_Complete · Oct 10, 2022 at 10:13 AM

Don't they call it fairy floss or something like that in the UK. I like that. It's so whimsical sounding.

Oct 10, 2022 at 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by NP_Complete

Don't they call it fairy floss or something like that in the UK. I like that. It's so whimsical sounding.

candyfloss

Daffydungle · Oct 10, 2022 at 03:53 PM

We call it fairy floss in Australia and in NZ we also have fairy bread which is just white bread and butter with hundreds and thousands sprinkles on top. Thatsa type of sprinkle not hundreds and thoudands of sprinkles. They are multi coloured balls.

unaluna · Oct 10, 2022 at 10:02 PM

The longish tubular sprinkle always struck me as mean and aggressive. I was a freudian even as a small child!

stopdog · Oct 10, 2022 at 10:25 PM

I was never a huge sprinkle fan due to texture and no real taste other than sweet. Sprinkles mess up the smoothness of icing or ice cream. I have never seen them on just plain bread - interesting idea.

atisketatasket · Oct 10, 2022 at 11:28 PM

People, people. They are not sprinkles. They are jimmies.

unaluna · Oct 11, 2022 at 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

People, people. They are not sprinkles. They are jimmies.

The girl ones are the round ones - sprinkles. The long ones are the boys - jimmies.

This is what happens when you dont have sex ed until your in college.

ArtieTheSequal · Oct 11, 2022 at 12:27 PM

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Artie - you doing okay? Saw your post in the dear T thread.

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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight

I was also wondering, Artie. Hope you're OK! Post here if you think it might help.

I'm sorry for worrying y'all. It's just, well, the loss of my cousin a couple weeks ago has sent me into a tailspin I can't pull myself out of. Triggering old losses, my fear that my own life is over half gone and I have accomplished nothing, etc. I'm getting help, probably going back on depression meds for a short time anyway (hopefully only a short time, unless there's a newer one that doesn't make me a complete feeling-less zombie) just waiting for the pdoc appointment.

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ScarletPimpernel Wise Elder Member Since Nov 2013 Location: US Posts: 8,431 (SuperPoster!) 10 6,457 hugs given	Oct 08, 2022 at 06:33 PM #201 Artie - you doing okay? Saw your post in the dear T thread. __________________ "Odium became your opium..." ~Epica

LonesomeTonight Always in This Twilight Member Since Feb 2015 Location: US Posts: 20,908 (SuperPoster!) 9 75.2k hugs given	Oct 08, 2022 at 07:05 PM #202 I was also wondering, Artie. Hope you're OK! Post here if you think it might help.

velcro003 Elder Member Since Oct 2008 Posts: 7,361 15 25 hugs given	Oct 09, 2022 at 08:36 PM #203 Cool whip.

atisketatasket Child of a lesser god Member Since Jun 2015 Location: Tartarus Posts: 19,184 (SuperPoster!) 8 12.4k hugs given	Oct 09, 2022 at 11:11 PM #204 I have just eaten my first cotton candy ever. And what’s the big deal? I don’t get it. __________________ The secret to eternal youth is arrested development.—Alice Roosevelt Longworth

NP_Complete Grand Magnate Member Since Feb 2017 Location: the upside down Posts: 3,827 7 6,367 hugs given	Oct 10, 2022 at 12:51 AM #206 It's not really the flavor. I like the way it dissolves on your tongue.

Daffydungle Poohbah Member Since Apr 2020 Location: Nowhere Posts: 1,257 4 451 hugs given	Oct 10, 2022 at 12:59 AM #207 I love those videos of racoons given cotton candy the look when dissolves....

unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,130 (SuperPoster!) 13 67k hugs given	Oct 10, 2022 at 09:50 AM #212 Stopdog is exactly right. Half (or more) of the fun of cotton candy is watching it create itself seemingly out of thin air in a huge aluminum barrel. The packaged stuff is like saying Possible trigger: sex is a used condom . Sorry for the disgusting imagery!

NP_Complete Grand Magnate Member Since Feb 2017 Location: the upside down Posts: 3,827 7 6,367 hugs given	Oct 10, 2022 at 10:13 AM #213 Don't they call it fairy floss or something like that in the UK. I like that. It's so whimsical sounding.

Daffydungle Poohbah Member Since Apr 2020 Location: Nowhere Posts: 1,257 4 451 hugs given	Oct 10, 2022 at 03:53 PM #215 We call it fairy floss in Australia and in NZ we also have fairy bread which is just white bread and butter with hundreds and thousands sprinkles on top. Thatsa type of sprinkle not hundreds and thoudands of sprinkles. They are multi coloured balls.

unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 40,130 (SuperPoster!) 13 67k hugs given	Oct 10, 2022 at 10:02 PM #216 The longish tubular sprinkle always struck me as mean and aggressive. I was a freudian even as a small child!

atisketatasket Child of a lesser god Member Since Jun 2015 Location: Tartarus Posts: 19,184 (SuperPoster!) 8 12.4k hugs given	Oct 10, 2022 at 11:28 PM #218 People, people. They are not sprinkles. They are jimmies. __________________ The secret to eternal youth is arrested development.—Alice Roosevelt Longworth