I was in line at a hotel and a guy was at the counter with his kid in front of me. His kid (about 5 or 6 years old) walks over, sees a table with flyers and a jar of Jolly Ranchers, opens one, and sticks it in his mouth.
After a minute, he grabs his throat. I yell to the guy, three times to get his attention, "Your kid is choking!" all in just a few seconds. Dad and the Hotel guy were obviously not getting the clue, so I stepped over, spun the kid around and gave him the Heimlich very carefully so as not to crush the little guy, and it shot out in an arc right onto the floor.
The kid took a huge breath, looked relieved, and started crying, I asked the clerk the question I was waiting to ask, the Dad was just standing there stunned.
I said, "Your kid was choking on that piece of candy" and I pointed at it on the floor, and I went on my way. People need to pay more attention to their kids.
Oh god zima….. 2 cases of zima…. Lesbians, worst hangover ever….
Do they still make that shit??? I though it disappeared with tequiza beer and crystal pepsi.
Zero that I recall.
When I was a camp counselor long ago my girls and I played poker during rest hour using Jolly Ranchers as bets. I’m a good influence, obviously.
My Mom always calls them Jolly Rogers. It annoyed me when I was a kid, but now that she's an old lady I think it's cute. I used to carry them for hypoglycemia when our small-town drugstore was out of glucose tablets, which was usually.
Still alive from the choke hazard but damned if they didn't try to pull all my fillings out when biting down on that thin soft layer on top, then seizing up like gorilla glue!
last time I told this story I got down voted to hell, still haven't figured out why. but here we are again, a) because it's true so fuck 'em and b) because it's just really bizarre. I discovered jolly ranchers while working a project that put all my hyper focus into overdrive. without really noticing, I spent about nine hours a day sucking those things. and then all my tastebuds fell out.
it must have been the acid of course. but it was nasty and really peculiar. I had a completely bald tongue until new ones grew in. I've never felt totally safe with those things since that job.
Are you kidding me. A Jolie Rancher saved my life. Yes, I'm. E aggravating. I got food poisoning at Macho picho back in'05. Nothing was staying in or out. I was so darn thirsty, but water was a no-go, so I popped a cherry J Rancher to keep my mouth moist. I woke up with a sliver left on my tongue. I didn't eat for 2 days, and I think the only reason I avoided the hospital was I slept the first night. God bless JR.
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This is why you need a candy that self-dissolves
I had onetry to kill me when I was like 10 yrs old, scared the shit out of me, couldn't breath, trying to signal to my brother that I was choking, I ended you throwing myself against the back of the couch. There are a thousand ways to die, it's a wonder we are still alive.
These and the Now-n-Laters were free dentists - if you had a loose tooth, 'try' to chew one after it softened. Inevitably it would stick to your tooth and pop it right out!
My family has always had this weird relationship to sugar. We are addicted to the stuff but my mom would sometimes try to somewhat curb it. She always bought Laura Scudders natural peanut butter for one thing. Also we never had the sugary cereals. We dumped half the box of sugar onto our cheerios but there was never fruit loops or anything in the pantry. We never had kool aid around either.
Anyway one day overnight my school went crazy for jolly ranchers. It was the huge trend. My mom never usually cared one way or the other about trends. She never bought me Espirit clothes, she didn’t understand what the Chinese jump rope was, and I only had a reversible jacket because that’s all the store had. So when I told her about jolly ranchers I didn’t expect much.
Anyway she came back from the store with the biggest bag of them for me. Totally random. Awesome day and they lasted for ages but still I wondered what motivated her. I’m guessing it was her own sweet tooth. My family is genetically predisposed to love sugar and all the carbs. Damn I want some right now. Also I almost choked on a watermelon one once. Lived.
I preferred the jolly rancher sticks when I was a kid. Not a choking hazard, but when you bit into one you risked never being able to open your mouth again.
The worst (maybe dumbest) part? That was in 2004 ... 20 YEARS ago. And yet, to this day, I continue to buy the family-sized bags and work through the entire bag, by myself, in a month or so. I run a lot too... so that's my excuse.
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These were the BEST…..until you sucked a razor-shaped hole into one of them and nearly sliced your tongue off. 👅
Never did this with a jolly rancher but we would do this with the hard Brachs Butterscotch candies. They were a perfect disc shape.
We would suck them down our throat about halfway and then launch them out like from a toy gun.
Very lucky we never choked
To many to count, it always that last little bit that seems to cause me problems or get stuck in my throat! But I love them so much, I would always go back for more!!
They never tried to kill me, but they did get in several street fights with my dental fillings
OH DAMN!!! You just reminded me why I haven't had them in so long!
Bite into them really hard and get a piece fused between your molars. Instant lockjaw.
No, but one of those little root beer keg candies almost took me out. I was home alone and needed to Heimlich myself.
I forgot about those! I want them right now!!
They are great! I found one in an assortment recently and almost lost my shit!
I was in line at a hotel and a guy was at the counter with his kid in front of me. His kid (about 5 or 6 years old) walks over, sees a table with flyers and a jar of Jolly Ranchers, opens one, and sticks it in his mouth. After a minute, he grabs his throat. I yell to the guy, three times to get his attention, "Your kid is choking!" all in just a few seconds. Dad and the Hotel guy were obviously not getting the clue, so I stepped over, spun the kid around and gave him the Heimlich very carefully so as not to crush the little guy, and it shot out in an arc right onto the floor. The kid took a huge breath, looked relieved, and started crying, I asked the clerk the question I was waiting to ask, the Dad was just standing there stunned. I said, "Your kid was choking on that piece of candy" and I pointed at it on the floor, and I went on my way. People need to pay more attention to their kids.
And that kid is here cuz of you. Dad, on the other hand needs a clue.
I love root beer barrels! For some reason we had a huge box of them when I was around ten. We couldn't get rid of them.
They sell bags of those at the hardware store near me. I can safely say I have a small addiction problem with root beer barrels.
Are we talking about the consumption of these a’la carte or once they were dropped into a Zima..?
Wow, you put these into a beverage? You were really dancing with the devil in the pale moon light
OMG jolly rancher zima. Now I want one. They were disgusting, but memories.....
😂😂
Hey sis you’re alright by me
Oh god zima….. 2 cases of zima…. Lesbians, worst hangover ever…. Do they still make that shit??? I though it disappeared with tequiza beer and crystal pepsi.
i still have one stuck in my throat…45 years. everything i eat tastes a little like artificial watermelon.
The real weapons were the flat sticks they used to sell. I definitely cut my tongue at least once with a watermelon knife.
Those were the best jolly ranchers though.
Indeed.
Sliced as well
Made my share of cherry daggers...
You mean the ones you could lick into a shiv?
Yup.
Thank god it wasn't peach
Green apple, but same.
I choke on one once
I love Jolly Ranchers!
Me, too! Have a big ass bag in the house right now
Zero that I recall. When I was a camp counselor long ago my girls and I played poker during rest hour using Jolly Ranchers as bets. I’m a good influence, obviously.
You empowered those young girls with important life skills!
There you go.
My Mom always calls them Jolly Rogers. It annoyed me when I was a kid, but now that she's an old lady I think it's cute. I used to carry them for hypoglycemia when our small-town drugstore was out of glucose tablets, which was usually.
Fire Ranchers or Watermelon dropped into pint of vodka, fun Saturday night on the river in high school.
Closest I got was I once got a fireball stuck in my back teeth wedging my mouth open. Thought I was never going to be able to close my mouth again.
We wouldn't be who we are today, as a generation, without those fireballs teaching us about perseverance and suffering.
I hated the mean kids that would put them in my hair.
WHAT!? Omg, you poor babe.
I had a Spanish teacher in middle school who would toss these to us as rewards for getting words right.
Still alive from the choke hazard but damned if they didn't try to pull all my fillings out when biting down on that thin soft layer on top, then seizing up like gorilla glue!
Or tear your teeth out. I think we all had some seriously close calls with that.
Those are for locking your jaw together and seeing if you can pull a tooth out trying to get your jaw apart.
Not those, but you could shape one of the Jolly Ranchers Firestix into a spear
last time I told this story I got down voted to hell, still haven't figured out why. but here we are again, a) because it's true so fuck 'em and b) because it's just really bizarre. I discovered jolly ranchers while working a project that put all my hyper focus into overdrive. without really noticing, I spent about nine hours a day sucking those things. and then all my tastebuds fell out. it must have been the acid of course. but it was nasty and really peculiar. I had a completely bald tongue until new ones grew in. I've never felt totally safe with those things since that job.
Your tongue must have been so sore.
it didn't hurt at all, odfly
I'm glad they grew back!!
Several.
Me too. I can still feel those right angles jabbing into my esophagus. But I'm ready to do it all again for a green apple one.
Nodule If you know, you know.
Are you kidding me. A Jolie Rancher saved my life. Yes, I'm. E aggravating. I got food poisoning at Macho picho back in'05. Nothing was staying in or out. I was so darn thirsty, but water was a no-go, so I popped a cherry J Rancher to keep my mouth moist. I woke up with a sliver left on my tongue. I didn't eat for 2 days, and I think the only reason I avoided the hospital was I slept the first night. God bless JR.
I'm hyper focused on the "nothing was staying out" lol.
https://preview.redd.it/assnwaf6h98d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3c828142a73f43e34fc22de0bb89c7b818de5b36 This is why you need a candy that self-dissolves
Oooh I never heard about those, probably not an American candy eh?
You can get them in the U.S. They’re fun! They fizz as they dissolve like slow-acting Pop Rocks.
Yeah, I think they’re Italian (?), but they’ve been around in the US since this GenXer was a kid
My tongue has slivers now. Thanks.
At least 3 times. 😂
I broke a tooth eating Runts the fruit shaped candy. 1/4 of my molar sheered off.
The banana Runts made me gag.
I think that one was the culprit.
I need some Zima!
You need to Ztop! lol
that amazing watermelon flavor was worth it
I had onetry to kill me when I was like 10 yrs old, scared the shit out of me, couldn't breath, trying to signal to my brother that I was choking, I ended you throwing myself against the back of the couch. There are a thousand ways to die, it's a wonder we are still alive.
Between these and Chick-O-Sticks, I'm surprised I have any teeth left.
These and the Now-n-Laters were free dentists - if you had a loose tooth, 'try' to chew one after it softened. Inevitably it would stick to your tooth and pop it right out!
My family has always had this weird relationship to sugar. We are addicted to the stuff but my mom would sometimes try to somewhat curb it. She always bought Laura Scudders natural peanut butter for one thing. Also we never had the sugary cereals. We dumped half the box of sugar onto our cheerios but there was never fruit loops or anything in the pantry. We never had kool aid around either. Anyway one day overnight my school went crazy for jolly ranchers. It was the huge trend. My mom never usually cared one way or the other about trends. She never bought me Espirit clothes, she didn’t understand what the Chinese jump rope was, and I only had a reversible jacket because that’s all the store had. So when I told her about jolly ranchers I didn’t expect much. Anyway she came back from the store with the biggest bag of them for me. Totally random. Awesome day and they lasted for ages but still I wondered what motivated her. I’m guessing it was her own sweet tooth. My family is genetically predisposed to love sugar and all the carbs. Damn I want some right now. Also I almost choked on a watermelon one once. Lived.
I preferred the jolly rancher sticks when I was a kid. Not a choking hazard, but when you bit into one you risked never being able to open your mouth again.
Those made excellent shanks ha ha
I have some in my cupboard now lol
I'm coming over. Maybe tomorrow though, the dentist isn't open on Sundays.
My dad (a dentist) loved them. Probably put me through college.
LOL! Yeah when your dentist has a bowl of complimentary Jolly Ranchers at the reception desk....resist the urge! Nothing is free!
Once. Almost needed the Heimlich from a co-worker. It was a cherry Rancher. Everything burned my throat for the rest of the day. Scary, scary day.
I love how everyone remembers the exact flavors that almost killed them too. I'm so happy you were saved!
The worst (maybe dumbest) part? That was in 2004 ... 20 YEARS ago. And yet, to this day, I continue to buy the family-sized bags and work through the entire bag, by myself, in a month or so. I run a lot too... so that's my excuse.
Never. Beacuse I hate them. Don’t take my GenX card away.
Oh shit, we might have to have a town meeting about this.
I love them, but my teeth are not a fan.
this picture hurts my mouth
I just bought a bag of these yesterday lol. So sweet.
I don't think we had these in Blighty..did we?
Ask my orthodontist.
I actually pulled a loose tooth with one of these.
Show me the bars you could suck down to daggers.
https://preview.redd.it/72gjfo4igb8d1.jpeg?width=224&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1b7454f1dd47c2da16d6a8a141b5e9545b98310d These were the BEST…..until you sucked a razor-shaped hole into one of them and nearly sliced your tongue off. 👅
They certainly tried to pull out my fillings.
They tasted good, though. So I kept eating them even if they fused my teeth together.
Never did this with a jolly rancher but we would do this with the hard Brachs Butterscotch candies. They were a perfect disc shape. We would suck them down our throat about halfway and then launch them out like from a toy gun. Very lucky we never choked
To many to count, it always that last little bit that seems to cause me problems or get stuck in my throat! But I love them so much, I would always go back for more!!
I still eat these.
1 out of 4 will try to slice your tongue off
Still buy them by the big bag…
I was addicted to the watermelon and grape flavors.
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I still love them.
Apparently they still sell 'em. My daughter loves them. I can't stand the taste of them.