pretzels zenfishsticks as a kid, my favorite store was menards. they used to have giant boxes of pretzels for everyone to eat. honestly! and i collected the little kitchen counter samples like other kids collected baseball cards. i thought the guy in the commercials was the same guy as santa claus. ah, that sweet song still runs through my brain: "you'll save big money, you'll save big money, when you shop menards." 020108 ... ClairE I like the saltless kind. Everyone thinks I'm insane. 020108 ... zenfishsticks there's a saltless kind?!? doesn't that deny the very nature of a pretzel? 020108 ... mendez the amazing spanish jew New from al-Qaeda Foods, Inc.! New Bin-Laden Twists, salty, crunchy, lethal to the infidel. (was it really a pretzel or one of those missing enron files?) 020114 ... reitoei Rold Gold-'the best damn pretzels' according to my friend. who came up with the shape for a pretzel? its intertwined like some bizzare mathematic shape, like an infinity symbol, or a kilien bottle, or a bow tie 020114 ... Arwyn Curious George choked on a pretzel! What idiot does that? Too bad... 020114 ... bethany i keep a snyder's of hanover onion and mustard pretzel package in my photo album. i only have one as i'm not one for sentimental paper scraps. but i lived for finding fifty cents during the course of the day to buy that one delicious bag. and a carton of chocolate milk. yummmmyyy. 020224 ... Mateo these pretzels are making me thirsty!!! 020224 ... squigglybee im eating some right now because i got hungry. pretzels and chocolate are good to eat. 020706 ... p2 * begin dream sequence * i'm driving down the road i look around and realize all the other drivers are pretzels or at least they are in the driver's seat i realize it's a dream so i speed up to search for hot chicks this is me how can there not be hot chicks in my dream? i take a hill too fast my car flies up and slams back to the ground waking me up * end dream sequence * first thought: damn, shoulda driven slower second thought: hmmm, i'm a-hankerin fer a pretzel 021028 ... Casey I'm not a big pretzel fan. I think it's because my family always tried to get me to eat them when I was a kid. Now I resent them...the pretzels I mean. 021028 ... p2 as i heard it told... "Around 610 AD a young monk was preparing unleavened bread for Lent, the Christian period of fasting and penitence before Easter. Christians of the day prayed with their arms folded across their chests, each hand on the opposite shoulder. It occurred to him that he could twist the leftover dough from the bread into this shape (of folded arms) and use it as a treat, a reminder for the children to recite their prayers. He named his creation pretiola, Latin for little reward." dang sneaky christians, and their dang sneaky propaganda 021028 ... Lila Pause If they can't choke a man what are they good for? 040627 ... dries&hardens of the peanut butter stuffed variety. those are her favorite especially when she gets her hand hastily stuck in the little bag. 060627 what's it to you? who go blather from