GRGR (8) (DECD)

[Mike Beiderbecke]

>Joe Varo wrote <snip snip> the Disgusting English Candy Drill (DECD).  

>Mike W says <snip snip>
>The Meggazone existed ( these days Fisherman's Friends is an equivalent),
>wine gums are still available, but as for the rest of them, I have no idea
>though I kinda feel TP probably had a lot of fun making them up.  

Mike B responds:

        One of the best things about our man is that he writes fiction, but
everytime you think he is making something up, it turns out to be some
obscure fact. I think this will be the case with most of the Disgusting
Candies. Given a book (that might not exist) say _English Candy During WWII_
(a Socio-physial-psychological Analysis of Wartime Shortages and the Need to
Satisfy Cravings), the DEC's would probably figure prominently. 

                Later,
                
   Mike (Thinking of the old (reasonably disgusting) Denver Sandwiches) B.