Bertie Bott's Beans and Shining Stars

[kybearfuzz]

My work is nearly done, I'll be happy to get it finished.

My buddy Roy and I went to lunch at a little deli that was connected to bookstore. It's a pretty cool place, it has a very comfortable college-type hang-out atmosphere. There were board games and community sketchbooks for anyone to use, tables in the stack areas, and goofy hats you could buy. I love the place, I wish it were closer.

On our way out, amidst the pre-order area for the next Harry Potter book, we walked past this display for Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. I read the back and thought that the beans were likely good tasting jelly beans with bizarre names. Roy and I both bought a box to take back to the office with us.

We both took a sample jelly bean on our way out, Roy tasted the Booger flavored one, I grabbed the Dirt flavored one. Roy spit his out, I just made contorted faces. They were horrid! How cool is that? No false advertising, that's for sure. I pray they are simulated flavors.

Once back at the office later that afternoon, we went over to talk to Miss Republican and we each tried a few of the other flavors. We each were making some very foul faces, but laughing our heads off that three grown, educated people were doing this. The Soap flavor and the Sardine flavor actually taste as advertised. I was shocked. I spit the Sardine one out as I couldn't swallow it, it was so gross.

Our district director came over to see what we were laughing about. We started talking about the beans, work, and travel. The district director is a very cool person. The brightest point in my entire day is when she seriously referred to the three of us as her "shining stars." At first I thought it was just flattery, but (as much as my ego inflates by saying it) I realized that we are three of her most productive employees.

Comments

[dendren.livejournal.com]

I put a bowl of these out at work on April Fools Day this year. It was a joy watching the terrible faces of people thinking they were regular jelly bellies. The vomit and ear wax ones are particularly gross.

They *are* made by Jelly Belly... but these are special magic beans :)

What a job... coming up with nasty nasty flavors. Can you imagine the taste tests :P

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I think that coming up with the nasty flavors would be hard, but I like the April Fools Day joke.. I'll have to remember that for next year. :)

[neenie13.livejournal.com]

I was in D.C. on vacay in 2002 and right before I left was in a mall that had a huge, great candy store. They had the Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans, and since so many of us in the office had been reading the books, I had to buy some (read : 3 boxes)

We spent at least 3 weeks trying to dare each other to try some of the grosser labeled flavors, and made it through about 75% of them...the rest were "round-filed" as none of us had the nerve. The most surprising to all of us was the "grass" flavored ones. They really tasted (and smelled) like fresh cut grass!

EEWWWW!

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

LOL.. true.. the soap and sardine ones are disgusting too.. blech!