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Old 04-25-2006, 10:55 AM
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So, I was reading through my old online blog posts and ran across one of the funnier ones. I don't think I posted it here, so I'll copy-paste for your amusement...

I ordered a pizza and breadsticks for dinner. They were great, but I figured, HEY, every good meal needs dessert, right? So I run into the building to the candy machine, and lo and behold, there'* a bag of M&Ms (the king size ones that they sell for $1 around here) hanging halfway off the bottom rack. Usually when this happens, if you buy another, it'll fall, right?

It wouldn't be a funny story if that was the case. I put in my dollar, hit the button for it, and it jammed right on top of the first bag...shoulda heard me cuss...

So I go "Okay, another dollar should fix this." The third bag jams. Another dollar. Fourth jams. ANOTHER dollar...it jams AGAIN!

End of the story: $4 and 10 minutes with a plastic knife later, I have the four bags of King Size M&Ms that I paid for. The final insult: the first bag is STILL jammed in there....heh....
Old 04-25-2006, 10:57 AM
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the nice thing about M&M'* is they will never be around long enough to spoil
Old 04-25-2006, 10:58 AM
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WoW , now thats some bad vending luck....
Old 04-25-2006, 05:20 PM
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I'm still trying to picture that in my head.
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reminds me when I was 16 or so I would always be skating around the college and there was this machien that was one of the ones that you spin the handle and put a quarter in....well if you held this one just right it would DUMP out m and ms all over...pretty cool
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I would have grabbed at the top two corners and Shook the hell out of the machine LOL

MUST......GET......CANDY!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by BLACK94SSEi
I would have grabbed at the top two corners and Shook the H*** out of the machine LOL

MUST......GET......CANDY!!!!!!!
They had them in a cubby type deal so you couldn't do this! :( (trust me, I tried...)
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Originally Posted by BonnieBrougham
Originally Posted by BLACK94SSEi
I would have grabbed at the top two corners and Shook the H*** out of the machine LOL

MUST......GET......CANDY!!!!!!!
They had them in a cubby type deal so you couldn't do this! :( (trust me, I tried...)

That sux . I cant help but picture the guy in the commercial who climbs inside the machine to get his fix!!
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Originally Posted by BonnieBrougham
Originally Posted by BLACK94SSEi
I would have grabbed at the top two corners and Shook the H*** out of the machine LOL

MUST......GET......CANDY!!!!!!!
They had them in a cubby type deal so you couldn't do this! :( (trust me, I tried...)
And, if you've ever seen on of them machines fall on something, or worse someone, you'd never shake one again. It ain't pretty, trust me.....
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most have a sticker regarding liability on it. People have been killed.


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