Wirt writes:

>thus
>the little "MM" that's written on every M&M's piece can (and should be) quite
>readily be interpreted as 2000.

That is correct, of course, but the marking that Wirt seems to think is a
logo is in fact the freshness date. Candies so marked should be discarded
or consumed (and then discarded) by the end of next year.

-- Bruce


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