2nd Floor Common Room - Sunday Night

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

Meg had actually been handwavily productive today and spent a couple hours in the gym. So she decided to reward herself by making popcorn and settling down to watch Ratman Restarts on TV.

She opened up a bag of M&M's and mixed it in with her popcorn (best way to eat popcorn, after all) before concentrating on the hotness that was Christian Bale.

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[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"Thank you! I'm trying to make it more mainstream." she said. "Do me a favor and spread the word?"

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"Will do," Jim said, taking another handful. "You should write the company and tell them about this. If they start selling Popcorn M&M's you might get a consultant's fee or something."

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I wouldn't need a fee." Meg said. "Just having the world know I started such a good trend would be enough."

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"That's very generous of you," Jim said. "So what do you think, credit in the fine print by the trademark information?"

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"That and maybe a cartoon version of myself can be the mascot for the product." Meg said.

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"As yourself, an M&M, or a blond popcorn ball?" Jim asked seriously.

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

Meg thought about this for a second. "M&M. The ones in the commercials seem pretty cool."

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"Okay, most important question ever, then," Jim said. "What color M&M?"

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"Oh man, that's hard. I want to say the green M&M but she comes off like such a slut." Meg said with a grin. "Maybe I could ask them to make me a special pink M&M since I'll be making them so much money because of my idea."

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"I think it's only fair," Jim said. "Will the packaging be pink, too?"

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"I don't know. You're a guy, would you buy the delicious M&M and popcorn combo if it was in a pink package?"

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"No. But I might buy it for my girlfriend and taunt her with the utter pinkness," Jim said.

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

Meg shook her head. "Pink is not a good marketing strategy. Only girls and guys who want to taunt girls would buy it."

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"Light blue? It's both in the pastel range and blue so it appeals to both sexes," Jim suggested.

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"Now there's a good idea." she said. "And light blue is a fun color. I want the M&M/popcorn combo to be a fun snack. Not like, um, Milk Duds. They're kind of depressing."

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"It's right there in the name: 'Duds'," Jim pointed out. "I don't know what they were thinking."

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"I bet they called it that because they're so hard to eat. It takes a while to get through a whole box cause they get stuck in your teeth." Meg said. "You don't eat Milk Duds when you're hanging out with your friends. You eat Milk Duds when someone just broke up with you and you're alone watching a Simple Life marathon."

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"You know, I love bad TV, but I'd have to be pretty depressed to watch that much Simple Life, Milk Duds or no," Jim said.

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

Meg turned her attention to the floor cause that's exactly what she did when her boyfriend broke up with her earlier in the summer. "I don't know. There could be worse things to watch."

None were coming to mind at the moment.

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

Jim noticed the turn and wasn't sure what to make of it. So he suggested something really really bad. "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader. I would have to live the most awful country song ever and I still wouldn't watch that one. Partially because I'm scared I'm not smarter, of course."

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"I'm positive you're smarter than a fifth grader." Meg said.

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"I don't know. I was always iffy with science. That might trip me up," Jim said.

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"How hard can fifth grade science possibly be?" Meg asked. "I think if you know the water cycle you're covered."

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"You see, I might get that confused with doing laundry," Jim said.