An alert and astute mockdocker sent me a link to an article about a new craze sweeping our nation’s youth. It’s smoking smarties. I am not making this up. And this resourceful young person in the video above has actually created an instructional video for his peers so that they too, can partake in this highly intellectual activity.
The accompanying article said, “Doctors say that smoking Smarties can lead to coughing, infections or, in rare cases, maggots entering kids’ noses to feed on the dust residue…”
WHAT IN THE HOLY HELL!??!?
Great. That kid will be my student in 3-4 years. How much you wanna bet he’s never opened that dictionary…?
Yes, Rachel, and his parents will be clueless as to why he’s failing yet they’ll eagerly blame you for it. Of course, his parents may not even realize he’s in school or when he skips class, as they clearly have no idea what the hell he’s up to in their own house. Parents whose children do this kind of crap need to be spanked until their kids start behaving appropriately.
I’d say he’s been watching his parents inhale a little powder.
It’s all your fault Whitey.
If you look at one of the other videos like this, another kid specifies that you don’t inhale like you do when actually smoking a cigarette, that you mainly suck in like when you’re drinking through a straw.
It’s completely harmless, and actually a little fun. Especially walking up to your roommate with “smoke” coming out of you mouth holding candy.
Wow, come on guys, preteen and teen boys do MUCH dumber stuff than this, and this is getting THAT much flack? Even my 63 year-old dad tells me crazier stories of the trouble he and his friends would get into. This has nothing to do with illiteracy or parenting, to me it looks like a typical boy.
Is is just me, or did he look up and say “Hi Mom” at one point?
Um, this is candy, people … it’s those little tasteless multicolored candy disks that we never ate as kids. They’re PRETENDING to smoke — oh horrors! :rolling eyes:
I remember doing the same thing with those candy and gum cigarettes — they coated them with so much powdered sugar so they wouldn’t stick to the paper wrapping, that you could inhale and exhale, and it looked like you were actually smoking. You can still buy candy cigarettes — the thought police haven’t banned them: http://oldtimecandy.com/bubble-gum-cigarettes.htm
As for those doctors who say that in rare cases, maggots could be attracted to the sugar dust in the nostrils … has he ever heard of cilia? Mucous? Maybe that’s what it’s for — to clean out the nostrils and sinuses? Talk about junk science!
For those who don’t like it, does this kid being black and urban have anything to do with your disdain?
Sounds kinda cute and harmless until you hear about the maggots.
Christine, please don’t assume race issues where none exist. Like the child in the video, I’m also urban and of a diverse ethnic background. It shouldn’t be important, but it would appear that it is to you.
Thank you R.
Christine, it’s also interesting that you assume he’s “urban” because he’s black.
I think it’s kind of funny. Of course, children pretending to smoke is a bad thing and blah, blah, blah…but as Hatchetwoman pointed out, we all had candy cigarettes as kids, and – OMG – we all lived. Candy CIGARETTES!!!!! And they were even in BOXES that were labeled like CIGARETTES!!!! But we survived.
Kids will be kids. Oh, and they’ll also imitate whatever they see – from parents or the WORLD IN GENERAL.
Well when Bobcat said “its all your fault whitey”, it probably led Christine to say that. Regardless of his race, a couple people made a lot of assumptions about his parents involvement and his intelligence. Once again, looks like harmless fun.
Oh, well. This trend is still stupid whether you’re black or white.
BB, you’re welcome. I usually find that those who are first to play the race card are actually Caucasians with a guilty conscience. But I could be wrong. It won’t be the first or last time I’m wrong, so I won’t hesitate to admit when I am.
If I was his mom, and Smarties were the only thing he ever smoked, i’d consider myself lucky.
Why is race even being brought into this?? Jeez. And oh yeah…he seems “urban”. Frick’n Sara Barellis’ “Love Song” is playing in the background.
I find it disturbing. Because that’s just what it is. Woulda felt the same if he was white, yellow, purple or green.
I used to “smoke” those candy cigarettes too when I was young. I guess all the effort that goes into it…like making it dust. Too similar to cocaine for me. Just disturbing.
Smoking anything is stupid! And it may seem cute, but it won’t be so adorable when he gets a nasty infection!
When i was younger kids would snort pixie sticks and smoke sticks off of trees.
I can’t say much. We used to call them (Smarties or Tic-Tacs or what have you) our “pills” and each color had a different kind of ailment associated with it. I can’t remember what each ailment was now, but it was kind of raunchy for teeny boppers.
the maggot thing is just nuts. i agree, you shouldnt be pretending to smoke anything, its a horrible habbit…but i also agree that kids get into way worse trouble than candy.
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i love smarties, and in case you didnt know.. there are two kinds. some come from Canada and some come from New Jersey. the NJ ones are 100 times better