RE: Activists up in arms over nuclear chocolate

["Mueller, Jeff" <jmueller@amgen.com>]

Actually, they're Nestle Crunch bars with "popping candy particles"
(just like "Pop Rocks").  It's a unique sensation - kind of like eating
a Nestle Crunch bar while drinking a soda.

> ----------
> From: 	Bob Carlson[SMTP:carlson@en.com]
> Reply To: 	radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> Sent: 	Tuesday, June 30, 1998 7:45 AM
> To: 	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: 	Re: Activists up in arms over nuclear chocolate
> 
> >Monday June 29 8:07 AM EDT 
> >
> >Activists up in arms over nuclear chocolate
> >
> >By Nick Madigan 
> >
> >HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - A new candy bar tied in with the upcoming  
> >
> >"I find this very, very offensive," Rubin said. "The nuclear issue is
> really serious, 
> >especially now." 
> >
> >The marketing for the candy bar is "tasteless," said Polly Perlman, 
> >environmental chairwoman of the Women's Intl. League for
> >Peace & Freedom, L.A. chapter 
> 
> 
> Tasteless?  I'll bet there is some "tasty" chocolate in those candy
> bars
> (which are probably just repackaged Nestle Crunch bars)!!!  I can't
> wait to
> see them in the stores.  Heck, I'd but a whole box, especially if it
> ticks
> off these kinds of wackos!
> 
> Actually, some enterprising company could repackage Pop Rocks candy
> and
> call them "Geiger Gob's", Put a handfull in your mouth to get the
> avalanche
> effect!
> 
> What if Baskin Robbins comes out with a new flavor, "Mocha Meltdown"?
> Or
> if Arabica or Starbucks the same in an iced coffee drink?
> 
> What if The fine people who make Immodium start marketing their
> product for
> those times when your local Chinese take-out place gives you the
> "China
> Syndrome". 
> 
> Mattel can now reintroduce Slime in little 55 gallon drums with D.O.T.
> labels all over them.
> 
> Hi-C can package their drink boxes in little drums and rename it
> "Primary
> Coolant" and the tag line could be, "Don't melt down, quench your
> reaction".
> 
> These people need to lighten up.  A lot!
>