It is one of my vices. I know I'm not alone, because almost everyone loves candy. My siblings and I even created a yearly holiday where we have to eat an entire bag of candy in an hour as part of the week long celebration we created.
When I was in elementary school, kids would always talk about this great candy. They would share it with me and I would look at the color to make sure it was a flavor I enjoyed. I never bought them myself, they were always given to me in their plain wax paper wrapping. I enjoyed the yellow (banana) and the pinkish (watermelon). I would ask the friends who had them to share their stash and they would give me a piece from the packs I liked. It was great.
For the longest time, though, I did not realize that I was saying the name of the candy incorrectly. I had heard people say it since my first wonderful taste of the hard, chewy candy and didn't think anything of the real name of it.
I knew them as "nahwlayduhs".
I wasn't sure how to spell the candy, but I recognized the name when I heard it and I loved the taste of some nahwlayduhs. I had my favorites, but I enjoyed all the flavors. How someone could make a candy where all the colors/flavors were the stuff is beyond me. I loved when friends would go into the city and get flavors that were different from the typical flavors I usually had.
It wasn't until years later that I finally saw the actually package for nahwlayduhs rather than the unlabeled wax paper. I finally realized that I was an idiot and that people just were speaking with their St. Louis accents when saying the candy's name.
Now and Laters.
How could I have been so dumb? Was I the only one that didn't know they were actually called Now and Laters?
I don't know, but I do know that I have never been able to save some of those candies for later. I am more about the now with them for sure.
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I cant say I share your sentiments in Sugar rush but the now and Later being thought of as Nahwlayduhs made my day in laughter.... dumb your not, just blame it on the Sugar rush........LMFO
ReplyDeleteThanks, I think I will blame the sugar rush!!
DeleteMaybe you just haven't found the right sweet treat.
I wish I had one, then again maybe kitkat.....yeah thats it kitkat for me, however I dont think I like it as much as you like your Nahwlayduhs.
DeleteLOL!!
DeleteFrom one insane candy lover to another, I like them too! The flavors just pop in your mouth and they are so chewy. *salivating*
ReplyDeleteI am getting really excited about candy now, too, and may have to make a run to a store that has them!
DeleteI love those - - and I love your name much better!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I was almost embarrassed to admit that I was so mistaken for so long... but I know I can't be the only one in my town (and maybe some others) that was unsure of the name.
DeleteWhatever ya call 'em - they still taste yummy!
ReplyDeleteStill tasty indeed!
DeleteYour thoughts on Laffy Taffy's? I always preferred them for the jokes, but I think you're right that Nahwlayduhs pack a better sweet and fruity taste. I love this story.
ReplyDeleteLaffy Taffy?!? I love those and still get a kick out of the corny jokes!
DeleteHysterical interpretation of the candy's name. I'm very partial to banana Laffy Taffys.
ReplyDeleteBanana Laffy Taffys are so freaking good!!!
DeleteI was somewhere once and they had a bin of Laffy Taffys and all of the bananas were gone and I almost had a mini panic attack.
Yeah, you were much classier than I...pronouncing them "Nahwlayduhs" and such. I was even worse, adding an extra L and an extra N to the word...pronouncing it "Nlahnlayduhs". So horrible lol. I remember the first time I saw the label, I was thought that "Now and Laters" must be a generic copycat version of the "Nlahnlayduhs" I so enjoyed. I remember even asking a friend, "dude you see these fake candies. What the mess is a Now and Later?" As soon as the question passed through my lips, I realized that THESE proper grammared candies were one and the same with my beloved "Nlahnlayduhs".
ReplyDeleteIt was almost as tragic as the day I read the word "library" for the first time in first grade and realized that pronouncing it "ly-berry" the way I had been was probably wrong.
You were even worse than me, though I, too, was not sure what the real named package was at first.
DeleteAnd I am glad that you now know how to say library! It is a huge annoyance to hear people say lie-barry.
Nahn latuhs.... Lohn latuhs. I heard them all
ReplyDeleteIt really is a shame. A horrible, horrible, hilarious, comical shame!
DeleteThat's some good candy but I am still addicted to jelly beans. lol
ReplyDeleteThe mispronunciation reminds me of the way we think we hear song lyrics and then 1-20 years later we find out that we have been singing them incorrectly forever. lol
Ah, well, such is life.
So true about songs!! That actually happens to me sometimes with newer songs, too, not just ones from my youth.
DeleteI love Jelly Bellies and all their flavors.
This made me laugh. I have never even heard of Now and Laters! I feel deprived now.
ReplyDeleteYou have to buy some if you ever come across them. So. Good.
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