Tweet me, you fool
I love the conversation hearts that appear around Valentine's Day.
I can't stand the taste of most of the flavors so I never eat them, and I haven't given one to another human being since Rufus King when I was nine (but that's another story).
Still, I like knowing they exist in much the same form year after year. ...
I don't even mind when they get updated, although I don't much like the idea that they now come in bright colors. (The "new fruity flavors" don't bother me since I never eat them.)
This year's conversation hearts have also been updated with new sweet nothings. I missed the online contest that allowed you to vote on what you wanted those expressions of love to be, or I would have linked to it here. But -- no surprise -- the top vote-getters were "Tweet me" and "Text me."
Anyway, Sarah KK took a photo of the new Sweethearts and kindly sent it to me. (I'm home sick today.)
Comments
they have different flavors of those things?
Posted by: unbelievaboh | January 25, 2010 12:53 PM
My boyfriend made me a really sweet card by writing a note and then taping those candy hearts in place of the words in the note. Very sweet. :-)
Posted by: Katie | January 25, 2010 1:15 PM
http://www.despair.com/bittersweets.html
Posted by: AJ | January 25, 2010 1:16 PM
Love the link! I've had a couple of Valentine's Days like that in my past...
Captcha: Steriod Fred - one of the bad Valentine's Days...
Posted by: lvnbraves | January 25, 2010 1:24 PM
Seconding AJ's mention of the bittersweets from the lovely folks at despair.com.
Posted by: Lissa | January 25, 2010 1:41 PM
I got really excited for a second reading the title to this post on my rss feed. i thought you decided to join twitter!!! but alas, it wasn't so. Any chance of that in the near future?
I asked my daughter if I should, and she said only if I want to spend even more time on the computer. Ha ha. But thanks for asking. EL
Posted by: Amy | January 25, 2010 1:50 PM
Lissa, one of those candies made me think of you:
Dog is cuter
Ha! :)
Posted by: sean | January 25, 2010 1:59 PM
sean, my dog is much, much cuter than I am. Why, just Saturday night, a very, very drunk gentleman stopped to tell me, in fractured English, just how beautiful my Conan is. He was right.
Posted by: Lissa | January 25, 2010 2:26 PM
I see the US is giving me a Valentine's Day gift, by legalizing haggis!
So, who's going to be the first restaurant in Baltimore to serve this Scottish treat, and what bus route are they on?
Posted by: Lissa | January 25, 2010 3:06 PM
I've had Haggis in Scotland and liked it a lot
Posted by: earl | January 25, 2010 4:00 PM
McDougal's McHaggis?
Posted by: Joyce W. | January 25, 2010 7:47 PM
How long before Haggis is reduced to being a snack wrap at McDonalds?
Posted by: BK | January 25, 2010 8:36 PM
Um, wow. I never realized it was illegal! I actually brought a couple cans of haggis back from Scotland in the 90s.
Posted by: sean | January 26, 2010 9:47 AM
sean, I always have some food product in my bags when I come back from overseas that isn't strictly legal. I really don't think they are all that worried about small amounts of commonly available food for personal use.
Posted by: Lissa | January 26, 2010 11:11 AM
Oh, noes! According to Auntie Beeb, the reports of the legalization of haggis are false.
I feel like a pinhead (oat).
Posted by: Lissa | January 26, 2010 11:52 AM
I think this is a great campaign and a logical pairing for the two companies. check out http://fansofbrands.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/sweethearts-candys-tweet-me-message-is-short-and-sweet/
Posted by: alex | January 26, 2010 1:25 PM