I can learn almost everything I need to know about a person's disposition by how they answer the following question ~ Is a Reese's peanut butter cup a candy bar?
Monday, December 21, 2009
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"People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practised." ~ Samuel Butler
8 comments:
No!-CRT
she's right. we're so alike. it's not a bar, my friend. it's a cup. a bar is a rectangle.
Not to be pedantic but it is not a cup so much as a confection in the shape of a cup. In any case, it is not a candy bar. Maybe that is to be pedantic. - JTT
It is certainly in the candy bar family, is it not? Is a hot dog a sandwich? I say "yes" by virtue of the fact that the meat is served between pieces of bread. The shape is irrelevant- its essence is that of a candy bar just as a hot dog is essentially a sandwhich. It may be the crazy cousin- just a little off- in the candy bar family, but it is surely still kindred.
I don't think it's a candy bar, but if someone asked me if I wanted a candy bar and offered me a Reese's peanut butter cup, I would just take it and be glad.
I like Tricia's answer best, but I think if the same were to happen to me I would say, "This ain't no candy bar!" and then take it and be glad. And eat it heartily.
I agree most with Josh. I don't think the term "candy bar" necessarily refers to shape anymore, at least not in the common usage. Insert similar examples here (I don't have time right now...)
Yes, the term isn't strictly correct, and yes, it would be most properly called just "candy," but in matters as ethereal as confectionary shorthand, sometimes words come to stand for things they don't entirely mean.
Bush would call it a candy bar and resent any dodgy lawyerese that would term it otherwise...
Obama would want to respect and highlight it's difference(s)...
Once again, Bush would be the decider I would align myself with.
It's a candy bar, full stop.
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