Stik-o-Pep

[noluck-boston.livejournal.com]

I find it weird that a candy cane , most commonly associated with the winter, would be wearing a straw hat, a summer item.

May 15 is straw hat day. That was traditionally the day men hung up there felts, and wore their straw hats.

Comments

[leahfu.livejournal.com]

Maybe they're trying to promote that you can have your peppermint during the summer and it not be just a winter thing! Or something like that? I know I'm trying to make a point here, but I'm not sure if it's coming across. I just need to go to bed.

[noluck-boston.livejournal.com]

Point well taken. In fact, its probably right.

[suzycat.livejournal.com]

Plus, is not mint a summery flavour?

[write-light.livejournal.com]

Also I WANT THOSE PEPPERMINT SWIRL LIFESAVERS.

[noluck-boston.livejournal.com]

The design of the stripes are much better then those similar candies you get in chain restaurants.

I'd also like the hat, if it didn't make me look more of a dandy then I think I look already.

[whoseline_wlsc]

Me too! Those are cute!

[miss-october.livejournal.com]

It's kind of a barber shop quartet hat, I think, and then the stripes are like the barber shop...swirly thingy? (I'm so technical)

Those look good!

[kitkat-518.livejournal.com]

The straw hat is meant to invoke old fashioned 1890s charm.

[rhapsodyangel.livejournal.com]

Wow, these are better than candy canes! Why can't I find them?

[baron-waste.livejournal.com]

The reference is not seasonal - it's theatrical. “Appearing in a new 'roll'” - note the spotlight. A straw boater and cane were standard attire for vaudeville dance acts.

[amelia-eve.livejournal.com]

Ding! Ding! We have a winner.

I was just htinking that the boater was meant to look antique, but now I see the other theatrical references, and you are exactly right. The candy stripes even suggest the striped blazers sometimes worn in those routines, like this image (http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/s320x320/282135_241729529191039_147725871924739_792794_7759349_n.jpg) of Dick Van Dyke in the "Jolly Holiday" scene from Mary Poppins.

[1geek-queen.livejournal.com]

Ah, 5 cents... I wish Lifesavers were still only 5 cents a pack. All candy and breath mints seem to be pricy, nowadays.

Do they still make peppermint Lifesavers?

[tanwen.livejournal.com]

Just "Pep-O-Mint" I think.

[1geek-queen.livejournal.com]

Neat. I'll have to remember to keep my eyes open for them.

[penpusher.livejournal.com]

With all of the hype and sensation over the 100th Anniversary of Oreo Cookies, it seems almost an afterthought that Life Savers is also marking the Century milestone this year.

[tudor-diva.livejournal.com]

They used to make Lifesaver Lollipops in peppermint swirl and they were always my favorites. I would stock up on these if they were ever produced again.

[bradygirl_12]

Jaunty good fun! :)

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

The straw hat and peppermint stripes made me think of a kids' show I used to watch in Dallas called Peppermint Place. Now I'm sad because I just found out the host, Jerry Haynes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Haynes), died last September. He was actually a significant part of Dallas media history. I'll have to try to find an ad for the show now!

RIP, Mr. Peppermint!