The United States Embassy has its own custom-made M&Ms.

Im_100percent_human · 2012-09-28T14:38:14+00:00

So does the President. My mother has a bag of presidential M&Ms somewhere.

SlowHotWind · 2012-09-28T14:58:27+00:00

Eminembacy.

knowledgeoverswag · 2012-09-28T14:39:15+00:00

The White House also has red, white, and blue M&Ms served in boxes with the president's signature on it. Apparently, they give these out instead of what they used to back in the day--cigarettes. The boxes are shaped like cigarette boxes, interestingly.

My fam has Bill Clinton, George Bush, and Barack Obama M&M boxes.

bs0l · 2012-09-28T16:33:03+00:00

So did I! For my birthday!

So can you!

zaro27 · 2012-09-28T18:41:53+00:00

TASTES LIKE FREEDOM! TASTES LIKE THE SOUND OF AN EAGLE SOARING OVER MOUNT FUCKING RUSHMORE! TASTES LIKE THE SMELL OF YOUR MOTHER'S APPLE PIE! TASTES LIKE WATCHING A BASEBALL GAME WITH YOUR DAD! TASTES LIKE THE US OF FUCKING A!

ChunkBunny · 2012-09-28T15:45:35+00:00

...and I'm sure they cost four times as much as other custom made M&Ms.

aruffone · 2012-09-28T15:55:51+00:00

This looks like a highly necessary taxpayer expenditure.

FLAkz · 2012-09-28T16:11:14+00:00

This is pretty cool; just FYI you can make your own!

HolographicMetapod · 2012-09-28T17:09:12+00:00

What a waste of time and money.

Neat.

gder · 2012-09-28T17:58:05+00:00

Oh how I wish I still had them, unfortunately they got lost in the divorce.

Years ago when my wife and I were still happily married and her family still talked with her older brother we went to visit him in DC. He and his wife were MPs at Andrew's AFB and lived on base.

One of their jobs was guarding the dignitary planes, this also included the planes that get designated as Air Force 1 and Air Force 2.

As I was told; Georg Bush was a big fan of M&Ms and had them on all the dignitary planes. My brother-in-law got us several boxes of these. Every box was white, had the presidential seal on it, and Bush's signature printed below it.

themindtaker · 2012-09-28T15:14:06+00:00

Goddamn right we do.

Jester14 · 2012-09-28T17:31:37+00:00

Why "Ottawa, Canada"? We don't say "Washington, USA".

hijklmno · 2012-09-28T17:03:35+00:00

Putting an American embassy in Ottawa is like putting a fire hydrant in the middle of a lake.

barium111 · 2012-09-28T15:55:44+00:00

Such a rich thing to do.

me135 · 2012-09-28T16:08:03+00:00

Hey! I live there! Hooray for Ottawa! Also, brb, going to American embassy for free M&M's!

ogami1972 · 2012-09-28T17:02:54+00:00

Cool.

C_IsForCookie · 2012-09-28T17:46:22+00:00

USA! USA!

burstahurst · 2012-09-28T17:58:07+00:00

My tax dollars at work, ladies and gentlemen.

yeahdef · 2012-09-28T18:09:29+00:00

Great use of taxpayer funds I'd say.

flargenhargen · 2012-09-28T18:13:04+00:00

...and they are a great use of your tax dollars at just 17 bucks a package!!

Toastfighter · 2012-09-28T18:33:46+00:00

The M stands for 'merica.

culofiesta · 2012-09-28T18:35:33+00:00

Well spent tax dollars

EyesWideStupid · 2012-09-28T18:58:11+00:00

Omigosh! Now I can EAT my tax dollars!

jbeach403 · 2012-09-28T19:34:10+00:00

The Canadian embassy in London had tim hortons coffee. I had to go do to a pass port issue and I got a free double double, no complaints.

1leggeddog · 2012-09-28T21:54:58+00:00

Made in China

brokenguitarstring · 2012-09-28T16:00:41+00:00

This is not Mildly Interesting.

This is Somewhat Intriguing. Have an upvote.

twokidsinamansuit · 2012-09-28T16:47:05+00:00

It was a big day for the American embassy in Canada...

RonaldFuckingPaul · 2012-09-28T17:01:39+00:00

Anyone can do this.

evilmeow · 2012-09-28T17:14:41+00:00

I think it's pretty easy to make these.

My university made some for a scholarship dinner, and we're by no means a fancy university. Especially with all the murdorous budget cuts.

patienttapping · 2012-09-28T17:24:47+00:00

you can order those things somehow. I think the target is probably toddler's birthday parties and weddings, though

kcg5 · 2012-09-28T17:40:15+00:00

As does Air Force One. They even have their own decks of cards..

marymurrah · 2012-09-28T17:59:05+00:00

For anyone wondering, so does Wheaton College in MA*. We were actually the first place to have customized M&Ms! Come over and check out our embarrassingly weak subreddit- /r/WheatonCollege!

*- most definitely not Wheaton in Illinois.

ps- I swear I'm not from admissions.

kripsys99 · 2012-09-28T18:23:01+00:00

They need those M&M's to make up for their huge, incredibly intrusive, "we're going to shut down one lane of traffic on Sussex drive temporarily for National Security reasons...wait it's now 11 years later and the lane is still shut down causing Ottawa commuters unnecessary downtown congestion" embassy. All that said, I love our cousins to the south!

minnabruna · 2012-09-28T18:24:45+00:00

So can you, at this site. My fiance ordered some with our dogs's faces on them once for fun. They came out pretty well.

NopeCopter · 2012-09-28T18:35:15+00:00

You can get them made fairly easily. I've seen custom M&Ms at weddings. I have some UNC Chapel Hill M&Ms too. They are all white and carolina blue with the logo or ram on them.

Rossmund · 2012-09-28T18:44:36+00:00

At first I was thinking, "So? Anyone can buy custom M&Ms," but then I realized what sub I was in. Props on living up to the title.

TylerC94 · 2012-09-28T18:44:57+00:00

Isn't this kind of like having your own t-shirt? Anyone can do it: http://www.mymms.com/

aprofondir · 2012-09-28T18:54:55+00:00

I'm going to the US Embassy in Bosnia on the 24th of October, can I get those?

Ollieboots · 2012-09-28T19:18:08+00:00

M for Murica!

daveirl · 2012-09-28T19:28:33+00:00

They did M&Ms in those colours in the UK during the Olympics in honour of Team GB.

dantheemannn · 2012-09-28T19:53:13+00:00

ah our tax dollars at work

AbyssalBison · 2012-09-28T19:54:55+00:00

unnecassary expense

deville94 · 2012-09-28T20:03:34+00:00

" This is where our tax dollars are going!!!!???" - right wing American, probably

m1ss1ontomars2k4 · 2012-09-28T20:48:53+00:00

Sandia National Labs has them too! They're used in recruiting efforts.

ShackelfordRusty · 2012-09-28T21:05:57+00:00

I'm glad we're spending money on this wonderful bullshit.

LostAneuch · 2012-09-28T21:07:30+00:00

Wonder how much extra this costs...

Vinator · 2012-09-28T21:17:15+00:00

How can I get some?

capt_ishmael · 2012-09-28T22:03:52+00:00

I think that the company that makes M&M's will put any design you want (within reason) if you order them special.

0r1y · 2012-09-28T22:49:50+00:00

M, for 'Murica

Hennonr · 2012-09-28T22:51:27+00:00

And people say it would be catastrophic if we cut the budget 43%.

Mythodiir · 2012-09-29T00:26:54+00:00

Ottawa, the town of my birth.

lenoat702 · 2012-09-29T01:05:33+00:00

Merica

Mrknowitall666 · 2012-09-29T04:29:49+00:00

and, you could have your own M&Ms too...

www.mymms.com

UND3AD-1 · 2012-09-29T05:12:01+00:00

That's an E for Ecstasy.

thezodiak · 2012-09-29T07:04:31+00:00

My friend has a random box of Air Force One M&M's

godmoderage · 2012-09-28T19:55:34+00:00

Why aren't they burnt?

Maagiline · 2012-09-28T21:57:03+00:00

To all the people complaining about money waste, it's most probrable that they had fixed budgets and had money left over at the end of the year. In most cases you can't use last years money next year so they need to use it up quick.

Solution: Buy lots and lots of novelty M&M's!

^source: i work at an ebassy

byronite · 2012-09-28T14:49:35+00:00

I just more-than-doubled my previous total link karma in a little more than an hour. This is my proudest moment in weeks, all for useless Internet points. I have tears in my eyes. Thank you, kind, beautiful people! UPVOTES FOR EVERYONE!

skekze · 2012-09-28T16:37:26+00:00

America can't afford to pay for dental for even children in this country, but goddam if we can't afford to give out candy to diplomats. Our national anthem should be changed to the dueling banjo song from Deliverance. That fucking kid kicked his ass. What made this country great isn't pretension to greatness. It's the people.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqxzWdKKu8

BitchinTechnology · 2012-09-28T17:12:24+00:00

Downvoted because this is more then mildyintersting to me

Apostolate · 2012-09-28T17:09:49+00:00

OP, you should cross post this to /r/murica.

_severin · 2012-09-28T21:26:25+00:00

JEDWARD GOT THESE.

theorymeltfool · 2012-09-28T22:39:26+00:00

Wow, fuck the US Government!

Gehbstemmer · 2012-09-28T22:48:56+00:00

That's such a fucking waste of money.

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