Valentine's Day

[crich70]

A Happy Valentine's Day to all those here at MR. May no dark clouds cause you trouble during the day.

[tubemonkey]

[Cinisajoy]

Happy Valentine's Day.

[badgoodDeb]

Random Valentine Tidbits (from GCFL.net Good Clean Funnies List)
Conversation hearts were invented in the 1860s by the brother of NECCO's founder. These first hearts had printed paper notes tucked inside. The lengthy, old-fashioned sayings included such wistful thoughts as "Please send a lock of your hair by return mail."

Some classic sayings include "Kiss Me," "Sweet Talk," and "Be Mine." Some mottos are discontinued for awhile and then make a reappearance, while others are deleted for good when they become too outdated. Examples of outdated sayings include "Dig Me" and the cheerful "You Are Gay." NECCO must produce about 100,000 pounds of the candy hearts every day in order to meet the Valentine demand, when about 8 billion hearts are sold in six weeks.

For 2010, NECCO introduced new flavors and sayings. The new flavors include strawberry, green apple, lemon, grape, orange, and blue raspberry.

For the first time in its 145-year history, the American public was invited to participate in an online survey to decide which phrases of love would appear on conversation hearts in 2010. The winners include: "Tweet Me," "Text Me," "You Rock," "Soul Mate," "Love Bug," and "Me + You."

Conversation hearts come in two sizes—the standard 1/2 inch and the larger 3/4 inch model. The small hearts generally can fit no more than two words with four letters each, while the large hearts may accommodate two words with six letters each.

Received from Da Mouse Tracks.

[cromag]

And, on a tangentially related topic, several years ago Neko Case was a guest on public radio's Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. She appeared on the "Not My Job" segment. Her topic was on NECCO wafers. There are a few minutes of introduction, but the actual questions and answers were hysterical.

http://www.npr.org/2009/07/11/106504...-job-neko-case

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by cromag

And, on a tangentially related topic, several years ago Neko Case was a guest on public radio's Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. She appeared on the "Not My Job" segment. Her topic was on NECCO wafers. There are a few minutes of introduction, but the actual questions and answers were hysterical.

http://www.npr.org/2009/07/11/106504...-job-neko-case

I always wondered how they made them. Personally, I didn't like them for eating. Instead, I bought them to use for target practice with a 22

[crich70]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I always wondered how they made them. Personally, I didn't like them for eating. Instead, I bought them to use for target practice with a 22

Interesting video. I like the candy hearts. I remember having the wafers as a kid. They would be in the vending machines at the local laundrymat.