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kdny (original poster member #760) posted at 6:15 PM on Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
Yuck.
I picked up a pack of Fruit Stripe Gum at the check out counter the other day. A little nostalgia for me, I used to love it when I was young.
Obviously it has changed. It now has Melon flavor and Peach.......which tastes like....well.....what I think ass probably tastes like. 
I hate being old. 
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Rise_Above ( member #23674) posted at 6:17 PM on Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
just another causality of trying to modernize a classic.
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MovingUpward ( member #14866) posted at 6:17 PM on Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
If there was only youtube video of you tasting it. Maybe you should run out and get some Crunch Berries Cereal or something to help out. 
unfound ( member #12802) posted at 6:19 PM on Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
those the ones with the zebra?
orange, grape, cherry and ???? lime?
used to, you could eat the wrappers... well, they were suppose to dissolve in your mouth.
ka-mai
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kdny (original poster member #760) posted at 6:20 PM on Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
Speaking of Capt Crunch.........I picked that up the other day too (I don't usually grocery shop, that is Mr. kds job....now you know why)
It has changed too. Doesn't taste at all like Capt.Crunch.
Whether we remain ash or become phoenix is up to us.
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unfound ( member #12802) posted at 6:21 PM on Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
first the eyes, then the taste buds.. 
ka-mai
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Kids on the playground can be so cruel. “Get off the swings you’re like 50, and stop talking about Soundgarden, we don't even know what that is."
kdny (original poster member #760) posted at 6:21 PM on Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
Yes unfound, that one. I loved it. It smelled good, it tasted good.
Now..not so much.
Whether we remain ash or become phoenix is up to us.
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Sometimes the fine line between a nervous breakdown and knowing things will be okay is a pair of furry pants~unfound
Rise_Above ( member #23674) posted at 6:21 PM on Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
Does that mean Count Chocula and Booberry have been messed with too? I already know that they have messed up Trix. Bleh!
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kdny (original poster member #760) posted at 6:22 PM on Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
Thats what Mr. kd said.
They will be fitting him for a prosthetic ass next week.
Whether we remain ash or become phoenix is up to us.
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SunsetLost ( member #3145) posted at 6:25 PM on Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
Oh my goodness, they only distribute Booberry during the Halloween season now !!!!
(I still enjoy it tho, and it still turns the milk blue !)
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Clarrissa ( member #21886) posted at 7:58 PM on Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
Constantly updating classics. You'd think they would learn from Coca-Cola's massive screwup back in 1986.
If it ain't broke, don't "fix" it.
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jrc1963 ( member #26531) posted at 9:22 PM on Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
Is it possible the tastebuds got updated and not the food???
KDNY... you can counter act that with some good old fashioned Fluff!
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Crossbow ( member #15224) posted at 12:51 AM on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
Yeah, Fruit Stripe gum used to be pretty good.
But MELON flavored? Yuck.
The crunchberries in Capt Crunch are freakish-looking now - even more unnatural colors than the olde timey ones!
Normal non-crunchberry Capt. Crunch seems pretty much the same though. And no weird/scary colors.
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chopper ( member #5772) posted at 1:20 AM on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
I loved fruit stripes!!!! Why changing something that's already great?
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jrc1963 ( member #26531) posted at 1:43 AM on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
t/j on Cap't Crunch and CrunchBerry
Does anyone else notice how it leaves a shortening like film on the roof of your mouth when you eat it?
t/j over
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Danu ( member #16811) posted at 1:38 PM on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
Did you know that as we age, the number of "sweet" taste buds diminish?
That might account for why things we loved as kids taste different or "off"...
but MELON fruit stripe gum???? That's just freakin' sacreligious! 
t/j Capt Crunch...
I saw a box of JUST CRUNCHBERRIES... yes, it's true! Couldn't wait to get it home.
It was,,.
yukky.
Crunchberries get soggy way faster than the golden crunch nuggets.
SOOOOO disappointing!
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Defiance ( member #8265) posted at 1:53 PM on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
Little known fact...
The Cap'n was never called a Captain. He has always Been Cap'n.
I guess Captain didn't fit on the box when they first designed the logo.
It is one of those cereals I will never forget and always loved. However, it always tore the roof of my mouth to shreds.
I never cared for the berries or the other additions. Just the plain ole' Cap'n was good enough for me.
Now, call me strange, but I also enjoyed the Full Sized Shredded Wheat. You would need maybe 2 "biscuits" worth for a bowl. And if you did not add at least a little sugar, it was pretty much like being a grazing cow to eat the stuff. But I loved the texture.
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