Ding Dong, The Twinkies Are Dead . . .

Seems pretty official this morning, Hostess Twinkies and Ding Dongs are no more.  My guess is that someone will buy the rights, recipes or license and they will continue, but they won't be Hostess Ding Dongs and Twinkies.  At least that is what I'm speculatin on.  I figger my plan will allow me to retire from eBay sellin in about two years!!

As some of you know I sell quite a bit on eBay, especially durin the cold months.  So when I heard of the 5 PM deadline I made a special trip to the local grocery to see if the shelves had been stripped of Twinkies.  I was thinkin that if I could get my hands on some, I'd keep them for a couple yrs and sell them on eBay.  They last forever, right?  I think I read somewhere that cockroaches and Twinkies could survive an atomic blast.  

I headed out to see what I could find.  My first stop was the local grocery.  Approaching the grocery, I saw red and blue lights.  I'm thinkin maybe the whole town has the same idea as me and the police were called out to maintain order.  I'm thinkin (I think a lot) this could be worse than those Black Friday mobs that I've heard about.  This could be tougher than dealin with those little, blue haired ladies who drive those big white cars and get in everyone's way at the garage sales.  

It seems that the flashin lights were on a traffic stop.  Foot traffic in the store seemed normal. I found the Twinkies without askin anyone.  There were several boxes of Twinkies and Ding Dongs on the shelf . . . and they were on sale!!  Picked up a box of each and headed to the cash register.  The nice lady said something about havin Twinkies and Ding Dongs.  I told her that they weren't for me and that I couldn't remember when I had eaten a Twinkie or Ding Dong.  I began explainin about how Hostess was out of business and there would be no more Twinkies.  She had not heard about it.  Told her I was gonna keep them a year or so and sell them on eBay and my plan to retire from eBay sellin.  She started laughin.  I went on to tell her about them bein on sale too.  She kept askin me if I was serious.  I said, 'sure, they keep forever, don't they?'  She had a tough time counting out my change cause she was laughin so hard.  

I have them locked away in a secret, safe and secure location . . . just in case . . .  Oh, when did they start makin chocolate Twinkies????

Now I'm wonderin if there will be a Twinkie bailout.  I wonder if Michelle will let him do it . . .