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Article: Tales of Peep abuse pour in from readers; Peeps made to suffer in chemistry lab; Peeps used for BB-gun target practice ...(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- April 23, 2000
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Peeps, for those who missed Friday's column, are spongy chick-shaped marshmallow treats, popular this time of the year. In April alone, Americans consume under 5,293,348 billion Peeps. If laid end to end, they would reach the sun, burst into flames, and the line of Peeps would ignite like a fuse, detonating the planet's atmosphere, so for heaven's sake stop laying them end to end, already. But by all means, nuke 'em, shoot 'em, dunk them in chemical baths. I asked for tales of Peep abuse, and was cheered to find a brimming mailbox. So in honor of the secular and sugary side of Easter, here we go. From Andrew Trout:
- I am a college student at Carleton College. ...