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AIBU?

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To think 'what the HELL is wrong with you?'

153 replies

gwackywacky · 16/10/2019 13:58

Re the makers of skittles. As in stop filling the packet with yellow orange and green ones, nobody wants that shit we're here for the red and purples. Why do they continue to do this?

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PumpkinSpiceWoman · 16/10/2019 15:09

skittles stood up for asylum seekers when one of the trump sons said something vile. I don't even eat them but I think yay for them.

JaneJeffer · 16/10/2019 15:12

the way they juicily explode into your mouth, oooh BABY!  Grin
purple are the best!

Jaxhog · 16/10/2019 15:22

@doodlejump1980 does it work for Gin too?

Woodlandwitch · 16/10/2019 15:24

I don’t like the red and purples. You can all have mine.
I love the orange green and yellows

doodlejump1980 · 16/10/2019 15:28

@Jaxhog no idea? Worth a shot though I’d say!

Historydweeb · 16/10/2019 15:30

They need a blue flavour

Witchend · 16/10/2019 15:32

That sounds good. The best are yellow, orange and green. The worst is purple. Go Skittles is what I say!

Ps I also had an orange twirl today. Grin

gwackywacky · 16/10/2019 15:35

@Historydweeb Ooh yeah they need a blueberry flavour and a rhubarb flavour. Maybe even a vanilla ice cream flavour or is that just fucked up?

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toria6118 · 16/10/2019 15:36

Team yellow and green here. Lemon are my favourite flavoured sweets, followed by lime. Hate when I get a green sweet and they make it apple flavoured Confused

CatherineOfAragonsPrayerBook · 16/10/2019 15:38

It's not just skittles. They do the same with all sweets. Loads of the shit colours and none of the nice ones.

Yes Starburst in particular. Come on, EVERYONE likes strawberry best, so one packet comes with precisely 2 reds and a trillion limes and oranges.

And the mixed summer fruits flavoured Fruitella. Complete waste of time, lemons and oranges all the way!

SuzieBishop · 16/10/2019 15:38

YABU - the green ones are obviously the best ones!!!

caperplips · 16/10/2019 15:38

I love skittles but I just mash them all into my mouth in any mix of colours - clearly there is something seriously wrong with me!

EC22 · 16/10/2019 15:40

You’re so very wrong on this.
The purple are the worst.

caperplips · 16/10/2019 15:41

my least favourite is purple and I hate anything blackcurrant flavoured

Mummyoflittledragon · 16/10/2019 15:42

Don’t like the purple ones and vanilla ice cream. Ewwww. No.

RainbowAlicorn · 16/10/2019 15:43

I hate the purple ones, I'm all for the red and green ones.

sewinginscotland · 16/10/2019 15:44

Purple and red are the worst! We should share a family sized packet.

Bezalelle · 16/10/2019 15:46

The hierarchy is:

Purple
Red
Orange
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Green
Yellow

BobbinThreadbare123 · 16/10/2019 15:46

I don't eat Skittles but:
Purple fruit pastille
Red fruit pastille
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All of the other flavours

Green

Derbee · 16/10/2019 15:50

@gwackywacky apparently skittles darkside are limited edition “other side of the rainbow” flavours. They’re really good. I got mine in Tesco, hadn’t seen them before

ShivD · 16/10/2019 15:54

The purple taste like the smell of BO to me. Red, orange and yellow are my faves.

Hate purple and green.

SilverySurfer · 16/10/2019 15:57

They contain palm fat which renders them inedible hence the colours are meaningless.

themental · 16/10/2019 16:03

I have to eat these in a ritual like fashion i.e I shove them all into a bowl and get the shite ones out of the way first.

So I go...
Yellow
Green
Orange
Purple

And then I just have a bowl of red left so I shove them all in my mouth at once and have a big red shot of red goodness.

I highly recommend this method.

Janedownourlane · 16/10/2019 16:06

Bit into a skittle, sheared my molar into 2 parts.

Cost me nearly £500 for a crown. Avoid like the plague now!

2toe · 16/10/2019 16:09

I don’t like the yellow or green alone but put them together and they are delicious.
Eating red and purple together is my favourite way to enjoy skittles.