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Assuming that a regular bag of M&Ms cost $.99, you could have 1,515 bags for the price paid for just that one little candy.
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2-15-2007 @6:45PM Dr Electro said... Good grief. Is there no limit to what some people won't buy? I think there is a strong gullibility factor at work here.
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2-15-2007 @4:23PM John said... If I were really, really rich, I would buy one of those Space Flight M & M's.
And I would eat it.
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2-20-2007 @6:37AM jo said... i bet if someone went to the bathroom they would buy the toilet paper. sheesh people have money and dont know what to do with it. how about donate some to me losers?
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2-20-2007 @6:39AM Karen said... John....Thanks for a MUCH needed laugh this morning. I thought what you said about buying the M & M...then eating it... was HYSTERICAL!
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2-20-2007 @10:09PM Tiffanie said... You know its sad actually. We as a nation can not even take care of our most prized possession (our children), but we can pay THAT MUCH for a damn M&M? There are children out there whose parents make "above" the poverty line (even if its only a dollar) and they don't get help for medical bills or even food, but someone has enough money to buy an M&M like that. Its ridiculous. Who ever you are (that bought this candy)...if you read this: Donate your money to the children, and help pass bills that will bring about healthcare for EVERY child that doesn't have it. Its not their fault their parents can't afford it. You know?
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2-20-2007 @1:51PM CJ said... If you fly it, people will buy
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2-20-2007 @7:43AM vmwood50 said... I think it is great! I am sure each of you sends your money as you wish, why can't others do the same?
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2-20-2007 @7:45AM didier said... Just one question...
Plain or peanut?
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2-20-2007 @7:51AM CJ said... If you fly it, they will buy.....
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2-20-2007 @8:05AM Barbara said... There are people that just have way too much money to spend. Think of how the world would alter if these same people put the money into a worthwhile cause rather than investing in trivialities. If that M&M is so important, they should put it in its own glass case and it should sit in the museum for everyone to see!
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2-20-2007 @8:04AM J man said... the only way I would buy that m&m is if you suck on it and it never gets smaller or loses flavor
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2-21-2007 @6:21PM Kelly said... Can't these people spend that money on Charities and on people that could really USE the money?? Like the Homeless?? I'm sure it must be great to have enough cash to piss away on a single M&M that flew in outer space, but Cancer patients, Aids patients, etc. etc. etc. etc could use that money more!!!! What a crime - rich people always waste money better spent to help others! I make less than $40K a year, and I donate a huge portion of my income to various charities, and donate my time and energy at local homeless shelters and hospitals. When was the last time you saw a rich person serving breakfast to the homeless on a Holiday?? NEVER!!
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2-20-2007 @4:44PM joe said... i think this is ridiculous how anyone would let this happen. instead of paying 23,000 for a toothbrush or 1,500 for a freakin m&m . DONATE that money to charity. people are dieing everyday and noone ever really sits there and thinks about it. even celebrities worried ohh im only gonna make 5 million instead of 7 million in this movie i cant do it. 5 MILLION DOLLARS! think about how much money that is. in modern day that means you make 250,000$ a year for 20 years. your rich . i dont understand people. unbelievable!!!!!
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2-20-2007 @9:03AM Dan said... That money would have been better spent on teaching "Jesuschild" spelling and grammar.
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2-20-2007 @10:41AM drobinson102 said... One question - does anyone who posts on these boards know how to spell??
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2-20-2007 @9:15AM Rene said... Hi, whoever will go to outer space next tell me & I'll let you borrow my Elvis jumpsuit so I could maybe have a million dollar suit. Thank you very much!! That goes along with the Elvis belt, glasses & the wig with a little guitar & sideburn. Jelly doughnut & peanut butter sandwich on the side. Elvis has left with the shuttle mission to Mars. From Renelvis.
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2-20-2007 @12:16PM Leeci said... I understand people "have the right" to spend their own money however they choose....but this is just plain iodiocracy! We have homeless people, starving children, battered wives, elderly people on no incomes, etc. right here in our own country (the country that everyone wants to live in...land of the free, remind you) AND to spend that money on an M&M is absolutely just plain STUPID. Please don't criticize me...these are just MY thoughts, and they are not aimed only at this M&M purchaser...they are also aimed at this country...I mean, why do we send so much money to other countries to help them out when we can't even help our OWN people????
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2-20-2007 @9:07AM Jon said... That's so cool! M&Ms in space. You never know what's going to be valuble. So, hold on to your junk food, it might be worth something.
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2-20-2007 @9:15AM tammy said... people are out here starving and people pay that kind of money for one piece of candy.i bet they dont even give a dime to someone on the street who really NEEDS it.
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2-20-2007 @5:23PM Ursula said... It is discusting how some religious people find a reason to push god in coment places like this. I too find it a little outragous to pay that much for a singel candy but if you have the money to waste do it. Though take the same amount of money and give it to charity. And you dumm people out there stop pushing god and jesus every chance you get. You religion is private not everone wants to hear that drivel
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