Since I met her in 2008, I've come to know Annie as the most efficient and productive human being on the planet. She's always accomplishing five things at once. And yet, she's perfectly pleasant to be around. She's also one of those people who always seems to know exactly what to do in all situations. This freaks me out. But it's incredibly convenient to have her in my life. You might remember her from my very awkward hot yoga experience several months ago.
Not only do we work at the same firm, but our offices are next to each other. We have grand plans to knock out the wall that separates us to have one mega office. BUT, with privacy beads, Annie insists.
A few days ago I walked into Annie's office to ask her a question. She had just returned from court where she, undoubtedly, resolved all of the legal conflicts in the world while also instructing the jury on how to make a proper souffle.
Eli: Hey, do you happen to know . . . uh . . . whatchya got there?
Annie: Huh? Oh, this?
Eli: Yes. That.
Annie: I know. It doesn't really fit very well. Not like it used to.
Eli: It not fitting is not at all why I'm laughing right now.
Annie: Don't you think it's pretty?
Eli: Maybe. IF I WAS SIX.
Annie: THIS IS A PERFECTLY FINE THING TO WEAR IN THE COMFORT OF MY OWN OFFICE.
Eli: Honey child. That is not a perfectly acceptable thing for anyone to wear after their tenth birthday. Or 1993.
Annie: This is EXACTLY why we're going to need privacy beads when we finally knock out that wall.
Annie Quinn Wilson: Brilliant attorney, super mom, phenomenal triathlete, wears Ring Pops in her office.
I think I especially love this picture because Annie wouldn't stop writing a note for some case she was working on long enough for me to take one picture.
And now that you're feeling the same bit of nostalgia I felt when I saw this the other day, what is your favorite candy or treat you remember loving as a child? GO.
~It Just Gets Stranger
Actually, I totally loved Ring Pops, especially the cherry ones. Now I must go find some.
ReplyDeleteFirst, the Whatchamacallit bar and then PUSH POPS!!!! :-P
ReplyDeleteWhistle pops! Also, I used to love fruit by the foot. I swear it used to be longer...
ReplyDeleteFruit by the Foot rocks... I lived on that in middle school.
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My friend and I saw some fruit by the foot in a street stand in New York and promptly bought some! It tastes just as good as it used to!
DeleteI found a ring pop crushed all over my carpet the other day. It was hard to identify as I thought the ring pops extinct. At first I thought it was glass, but it was sticky. I was pretty sure glass isn't sticky, so I kept looking for clues. I finally found the "ring" under a chair. And then I found a whole bag full of Ring Pops on my kitchen table. My excellent deductive skills concluded that this was in fact a Ring Pop and not red sticky glass.
ReplyDeleteI would have had one, but peeling sticky red ring pop shards off your white carpet will turn you off them real quick.
Those strawberry hard candies! Anyone know what I'm talking about? The wrapper looks like a strawberry, while the actual candy is an oval shape? My grandma always had them at her house. :) I ate way too many of those...
ReplyDeleteOhmygoshyes!!! Those were awesome! Every once in a while I still find one.
Deletethey often show up in fruit & gift baskets around Christmastime ;-)
DeleteSurprisingly, ring pops are still a thing kids love. Working at the Halloween carnival at my son's school, that's the prize all the kids want. I'd think Jr High schoolers would think themselves way too cool for ring pops, but apparently that's not the case.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite childhood candy memories are all tied to the swimming pool, where we lived in the summer. We'd get chicken legs (Chick O' Sticks) and Fun Dip, which is basically crack for kids. Then we'd spend the afternoon having sugar spasms all over the pool. Good times.
ReplyDeleteI can't even look at Chick O' Sticks now without getting queasy and the Fun Dip tastee like chalk the last time I tried it. They must have done something to it because it used to be delicious.
Sixlets - they melt in your hands, taste like wax and something not chocolate and the orange ones have a slightly different almost orange taste and if you drop them, they roll everywhere unlike m&ms. But the best part is they come in little plastic tube-shaped wrappers so you can slide your teeth between the last two and pop the wrapper open yourself without needing parental help (That's why as a kid I LOVED them!) They have kind of been making a comeback lately as they have been putting them out in seasonal colors. I saw some at the dollar tree about a month ago in red, white and blue. (I should have got some. Ever since then, I've been wondering which ones tasted orange...)
ReplyDeleteDollar Tree the company not a tree with dollars as it might be misinterpreted.
DeleteNestle Wonderballs! You know the chocolate ball that had hard and/or gummy candy in the middle?!?!! I miss those and they don't make them anymore I don't think! :(
ReplyDeleteI currently have a bag of ring pops next to my desk. What up now, punk??
ReplyDeleteRing pops and fun dips!!!!
ReplyDeleteHave you seen the gummy ring pops? My son loves them, they still fit on your fingers but instead of the huge rock they are like big gummy bears.
ReplyDeleteThe most disguising thing I ate as a child. . . Graham cracker and bologna sandwiches.
ReplyDeleteI just gagged. I actually and truly just gagged when I read this.
DeleteI feel like my life journey is over then! Haha
DeleteSeriously though, I ate that until I was about 16.
You mean the crackers and bologna TOGETHER!? I really was a sheltered child. Thank God for small favors haha!
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The Starving Inspired
I loved those little Tart 'n Tiny. They were like sweetarts except they were cylinder shaped and were easy to stack. You could make pretty awesome stuff with them.
ReplyDeleteAngryRedHen here....Stay calm.....candy cigarettes - which have now become super hero candy "sticks" that you can only find at Halloween time. They even had a colored tip so they would look like they were lit, haha! I survived just fine, and haven't ever even smoked a real cigarette in my life, so NO, they didn't hurt me, thankyouverymuch. Trust me, the Sugar Daddy that I bit into, stripping an entire row of fillings, caused me a lot more trouble!
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite things that I ate as a kid which I cannot get anymore because it has been discontinued (horror of horrors!!!) is birthday cake with rainbow chip frosting. Betty Crocker discontinued the frosting last year without warning and it is very sad!! A 29 year birthday tradition has come to a screeching halt. :( You can find it on ebay for like $50, but there's no way I could spend that much on frosting, no matter how delicious. Does anyone else miss it as much as I do?
ReplyDeleteYes!!!!! I wanted it for my last birthday and was so disappointed when it didn't exist anymore! My hack was to buy vanilla frosting and mix in chopped up white chocolate chips. Not quite the same (I mean, it wasn't multi-colored and we all know that makes a difference), but it was better than spending $50 - or heaven forbid, buying the Funfetti version with sprinkles that you mix in. Dirty rainbow chip wannabe...
DeleteWhat?! This doesn't exist anymore?! WHAT IS THIS LIFE?!?!
DeleteRing Pops are perfectly acceptable for around the office. As long as the door is locked and no one can see me...
ReplyDeleteThe most disgusting things I ate when I was young would have to be dog food and fish food flakes. Also pickled beets. I think the beets were the grossest. Most gross. Whatever.
ReplyDeleteAs a kid I desperately wanted this tube of toothpaste sold at our local candy shop that turned into gum as you chewed it. Also, it glowed in the dark so obviously it was the coolest thing on earth! But seriously, what was in that stuff? That's just not right. ANYWAY my mom refused to buy it for me for years (which is exactly how long the same tube sat on the shelf). And then the universe took pity on me and my parents divorced and that magical guilt parents feel towards their kid once they have ended their marriage finally happened to me and they started to buy me all kinds of junk I didn't need, including that toothpaste gum candy. Worth the wait? I think not. It was the weirdest thing I have ever put in my mouth. Trying to chew it was even weirder. But I had made such a huge deal about having it that I ate the entire tube. My teeth still glow in the dark.
ReplyDeleteI totally forgot about that toothpaste gum! Ours didn't glow in the dark (Canada=less fun candy), but it was purple and a weird texture....kinda grainy...and it fell apart in your mouth as you chewed it. Such a colossal waste of time and money. Good memories!
DeleteRing Pops are a gift from Heaven Go, Annie, go!
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The Starving Inspired
Candy cigarettes...and bubble gum cigars. As a mom today, I see how they could send the wrong message.
ReplyDeleteNo, I am not currently a smoker, nor have I ever been.
I MAY have needed a bubble gum patch somewhere around 6th grade, though...maybe.
RAZZLES!! I still love razzles. The candy that turned into gum and basically disintegrated in your mouth as you chewed it. It was the worst gum ever but it is still fantastically fabulous!! and yes... you can still get it at the 'Dollar Tree'
ReplyDeleteDid anyone else get the ghost shaped Popsicles with gum eyes from the "Dickie dee man" who rode his bike around selling icecream to kids? The best!!! And dubble bubble gum, for sure.
ReplyDeleteI turned my kids onto Pop Rocks - and then I steal some. If you ever venture down south, you can find most anything in Cracker Barrel. Just sayin'. :)
ReplyDeleteDo you mean the Pop Rocks that go pop pop pop crackle in your mouth? They are not allowed in our house- my son on a band trip was dared to snort them. He did.
Deleteoh my goodness! what happened? we need to know more about this!
DeleteIn my town, we had a thing like a baby bottle pop (also amazing) but instead of dipping it in sweet powder, you dip it in chile powder, because New Mexico.
ReplyDelete"partners in some oral advocacy competitions." Isn't it easier to just say NCMO partners? ha ha j/k.
ReplyDeleteM-azing bars. What ever happened to them?
ReplyDeleteThe giant jawbreakers that we would lick for days and days. Disgusting.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you remember those Eli.
Fun Dips. Definitely. So good. Messy though, and the stick didn't taste good, but the powder was delicious!
ReplyDeleteI loved the candy wax lips... Not sure if they were a regular part of anyone else's childhood, but I looked forward to when my mom bought them at Halloween.
ReplyDeleteI LOVED Chewels gum - that soft bubble gum with the gel like stuff inside? Sounds gross to me now, but I sure loved it as a kid!
ReplyDeleteI LOVED Pop Rocks! I still do! ��
ReplyDeleteAnnie is your identical twin who has an obsession with ring pops and is not the same gender and has a different birthday. Thank you for sharing this beautiful story, my soul is crying
ReplyDeleteBubble tape!
ReplyDeletedoes anyone remember OK soda? I feel like it must have been a Seattle thing? People gave six-packs of it as gifts at birthday parties - that's how hooked we were.
ReplyDeleteThree words: Franklin and Bash. I know you mdon't watch much TV but it's a lawyer show on TNT and they have a co-office. They knocked out the wall between their offices. I think you'd enjoy the show, it is very well written.
ReplyDeleteNecco candy wafers!! Especially the all-chocolate packs!
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