Kids Actually Take Candy From Stranger

A portion of the crime log in Warminster, Bucks County:

Man gives candy to boys: Police say a man in a gold/brown four-door sedan gave candy to two boys on the side of Norristown Road.

According to police, a 10-year-old and his 12-year-old brother were waiting for a ride when the car pulled over on the side of the road. Thinking that the car was their ride, the boys approached it, and the man waved a bag of candy out the window, giving the boys two mint Lifesavers and a Tootsie Roll. No words were exchanged, however. The driver was described as being a white male in his 40s or 50s with a full head of gray hair and no facial hair. Anyone with information is asked to call Warminster police at (215) 443-5000.

If you know anything about this, please contact authorities. As usual, this is for entirely selfish reasons: You see, I really would be interested in if this man would be charged with, if anything. The odd thing about every child being told not to take candy from strangers is it’s legal. Right? This guy didn’t say anything, he just gave the kids candy. That can’t be against the law. If it is, what a great crime to be charged with. “I’m in for giving candy to some kid” etc.

Also, did the kids actually take the candy? Way to listen.

Public safety log for 10/04/07 [The Intelligencer]

Local Human Billboards Participate In Publicity Stunt

Yesterday, a Philadelphia couple began a month-long publicity stunt for M&Ms by “exchanging vows” at City Hall. (Don’t worry, this will start to make sense in a minute. Ha ha, just kidding, no it won’t.) Their vow: To communicate with each other using only M&Ms for one month. The point of the stunt is to get local TV stations to write about candy, and, golly gee, it is a success!

Jennifer Farina and Ryan Donlon are not only forbidden to speak with each other for a month, they also aren’t allowed to text message each other. Oh, and a bunch of cameras in their house are going to track their every move to make sure they’re not cheating.

So can one really express emotion with just the letter ‘m’? Well, no. But Mars has given them a bunch of custom-printed M&Ms to promote a website that allows one to purchase custom-printed M&Ms.

Donlon has already categorized their new sweet vocabulary. “I have 9,000 of these at home,” he said. “Different numbers, messages, words, things to communicate how your day was.”

The M&M’s are even color coded for emotions. “Reds are all angry, crazy, mad. The pink ones are all love,” Donlon said.

In the spirit of this promotion, if I see either Ryan or Jennifer during the next 30 days, I’m only going to communicate with two words: you and fuck.

Couple Takes Unusual Vow Of Sweet Silence [CBS 3]