Why do you think Skinner is being so. . .

[stellanoir]

generous with all those Swedish Fish in ATA. . .?

What is his REAL agenda and motivation for doing so. . .?

Is it because Sweden, like most of the Scandinavian countries, has such a superior quality of life and he's trying to inspire the truth seekers?

Is he tired of babysitting us loons?

Is he masquerading as some sort of messianic Odin or something? Or IS he truly that? Yikes could it be possible?

Or is it, still even more mysterious than that?

Having never eaten a Swedish Fish in my life, it is far beyond my comprehension to empathize.

Please advise.

[progmom]

1. he gave me M&Ms!

:P

[stellanoir]

4. Wow

lucky girl. did you eat them all or do you intend to savor them forever?

[progmom]

5. here, you want some?

i've been saving them.
apparently they melt in your mouth, not in your hands.

[stellanoir]

6. oh you're too generous

thanks. But don't the red ones sometimes melt in your hands? I distinctly remember that happening once.

Maybe my hands were on fire or something.

[progmom]

7. i think there's some kind of clause there

...regarding flaming palms and stigmata.

[stellanoir]

10. Must have

been the stigmata. Or would it be stigmati ???

No wonder I'm prone to projecting messianic fantasies on to lowly Swedish Fish. Sheesh.

[kick-ass-bob]

9. the chocolate doesn't melt in your hands.

They say nothing about the candy shell.

[miss_kitty]

2. maybe he has a whole bunch of them,

and it's his least favourite kind. That's what I'd do.

[dolo amber]

3. Well y'see, here's the problem right here

Having never eaten a Swedish Fish in my life...

Skinner is clearly trying to kill us. :o

[stellanoir]

8. Oh Nooooooo

I will not succumb to the temptation of the Swedish Fish !
I will not succumb to the temptation of the Swedish Fish !
I will not succumb to the temptation of the Swedish Fish !
I will not succumb to the temptation of the Swedish Fish !
I will not succumb to the temptation of the Swedish Fish !
I will not succumb to the temptation of the Swedish Fish !
I will not succumb to the temptation of the Swedish Fish !
I will not succumb to the temptation of the Swedish Fish !
I will not succumb to the temptation of the Swedish Fish !
I will not succumb to the temptation of the Swedish Fish !
I will not succumb to the temptation of the Swedish Fish !
I will not succumb to the temptation of the Swedish Fish !

Phew.

[Dogmudgeon]

11. What's a Swedish Fish?

--p!

[stellanoir]

12. well since I have none of my own

I'll feel free to be generous with someone else's resources. . .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=120x32486

[alwynsw]

13. A Swedish fish is what a gummy aspires to be.

In short, a little bit 'o heaven. It's a texture thing.

[stellanoir]

14. well

I guess "there is no accounting for taste."

[Squeech]

15. At least

it's better than lutefisk.

[stellanoir]

16. dumb question. . .

what pray tell is a lutefish and more importantly, could it possibly be messianic. . .?

[Squeech]

18. No

My understanding is that it's Satanic :evilgrin:

Actually it's a traditional Norwegian (?) dish, made by marinating codfish in a mild lye solution for an unseemly long period of time. The fish gets weirdly denatured, turns translucent and jelly-like, but keeps for a long time (because, really, once that happens to it, what further *could* happen that we would consider spoilage?). Among the people that (profess to) like the stuff, it's become a kind of macho fraternity hazing ritual: "Think you're man enough to hang out with the rest of us? Well, EAT THIS! HA HA HA!"

For the rest of us, it's the butt of jokes.

I've never had it myself-- never even seen it. (Not my culture.) I've tried a number of difficult and/or laughable foodstuffs in my time-- haggis, jellyfish, thousand year eggs-- but not lutefisk.

[stellanoir]

19. Gee thanks for the info. Sounds utterly disgusting.

So does this mean you have a "Scandahooligan" macho fraternity hazing ritual in your future. . .e-gads.

[Arkana]

17. Uh...

maybe he just has a bag of Swedish Fish and wants to share the wealth?

[stellanoir]

20. yeah but why oh why

couldn't he find another less toxic way of disposing them?