Twinkies

El_Phil · #1 January 25th, 2006, 07:13 PM

Because it might stop Combat Wombat from indulging in thread necromancy, or at least remove his excuse.

In any case I must ask, Twinkie: What is the big deal? Really? Having never seen one in my life I have only the vaugest idea what they are, but what I know doesn't seem impressive. Biscuity type snack, mars bar size and shape. Nothing special really.

Slynky · #2 January 25th, 2006, 08:11 PM

Well, they taste(d) really great...though as I've grown up a bit (LOL), I haven't had one in 10-15 years.

I think I quit eating them when I heard they had high preservative levels and had a half-life of 25,000 years. Most assuredly a joke but still, it did its damage hearing it.

PvK · #3 January 25th, 2006, 08:47 PM

They have an otherworldly quality to them. Soft and spongy, very light, very sweet and decidedly artificial, filled with white whipping-cream-like filling. They might go unnoticed in a bakery, but they are packaged in pairs in little transparent plastic bags and left on store shelves where they might linger for a very long time, showing less sign of age than their plastic container.

PvK

geoschmo · #4 January 25th, 2006, 08:51 PM

You all have probably seen this, but it's funny anyway.

The T.W.I.N.K.I.E. Project

PvK · #5 January 25th, 2006, 08:58 PM

Ya, that's a funny site!

I feel compelled to update/re-post my TTT weapon:

Name := Tachyon Twinkie Torpedo
Description := Twinkie packaged in a tachyon bubble that allows it to travel faster than the speed of light. This tends to confuse and distract enemies, when they even notice, which isn't very often. Some get hungry, some get sick, and some enter into distracting discussions about the shelf life or the temporal side effects the super-fast twinkie may have.
Pic Num := 665
Tonnage Space Taken := 10
Tonnage Structure := 1
Cost Minerals := 10
Cost Organics := 0
Cost Radioactives := 1000
Vehicle Type := Ship\Base\Sat\WeapPlat\Drone
Supply Amount Used := 1
Restrictions := None
General Group := Weapons
Family := 9010
Roman Numeral := 0
Custom Group := 665
Number of Tech Req := 3
Tech Area Req 1 := Twinkie Weapons
Tech Level Req 1 := 1
Tech Area Req 2 := Temporal Weapons
Tech Level Req 2 := 1
Tech Area Req 3 := Zany Technology
Tech Level Req 3 := 1
Number of Abilities := 0
Weapon Type := Direct Fire
Weapon Target := Ships\Planets\Ftr\Sat\Drone
Weapon Damage At Rng := 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Weapon Damage Type := Disrupt Reload Time
Weapon Reload Rate := 50
Weapon Display Type := Torp
Weapon Display := 665
Weapon Modifier := -90
Weapon Sound := ttt.wav
Weapon Family := 665

PvK

Renegade 13 · #6 January 25th, 2006, 10:29 PM

I've never eaten one, nor have I ever had the urge to do so. They're scary!

kerensky · #7 January 25th, 2006, 11:25 PM

I truly believe that mana fell in the form of twinkies......................

Colonel · #8 January 26th, 2006, 12:34 AM

Twinkies yum, those are so good. I think I have to go buy some now... the perfectly perfectness of twinkies is absoulte.

Kamog · #9 January 26th, 2006, 03:25 AM

I've eaten twinkies two or three times, but that was over 10 years ago. Back then, we used to stay up all night together on weekends with a bunch of friends and play games. Some time in the early morning, just around dawn, we'd take a little break and go the local 7-11 and buy some snacks, usually consisting of unheathy stuff like twinkies, donuts, potato chips, cupcakes, pop, ice cream and so on. Then we'd go back to playing the game while eating. We'd stay up well over 24 hours playing until eventually we started to pass out. Those were the good old days.