The Glorious Return of the Twinkie

iggymanz writes "The geek food staple the Twinkie is coming back. The sturdy main component of the foundation to the geek four food groups of sugar, fat, caffeine and bacon — with rumored shelf life on the order of the time span to cool a white dwarf to room temperature — the Twinkie, along with Ding-Dongs, Ho-Ho's and Cupcakes, will be returning 15 July 2013 to the shelves under new management of Apollo Global Management and C. Dean Metropoulous & Co which paid over 400 mega dollars (U.S.) for the brands."

Comments

Mega Dollars?

[firegate]

Are they like regular dollars with superpowers?

Re:Mega Dollars?

[Samantha Wright]

Yes. They have the strength of a million normal dollars. Personally, I welcome the newest addition to the SI unit family. (What could be more ironic than the addition of a highly-variable American currency to a French system intended to be as constant as possible? Nothing, friends. Let us rejoice.)

Re:Mega Dollars?

[SailorSpork]

It's part of the new dual-currency system they're introducing in the US off of the highly successful Free 2 Play game system model and gamification of real life. Dollars can be earned through normal gameplay, mega-dollars can only be purchased by the Rich or Politically Connected and are required to unlock the best stuff in the the game.

Re:..and this is ./-worthy news, how?

[DexterIsADog]

Mayor Bloomberg, is that you?

Re:Shelf life

[Bill Dimm]

"Forty-five days - that's it," he said. "They don't last forever."

That's forty-five days after you take the Twinkie out of the cellophane wrapper, right?

Re: Shelf life

[Rude Turnip]

Factoid: Every banana you buy at the supermarket has already been "processed" and milked for Twinkie production. Those hard, brown tips at the ends of bananas? Those were the bananas' nipples before they got milked.