Originally Posted by The Crow

I bought my 5-year old a packet of M&Ms as she always gets a small gift on her sister's birthday. However, I didn't realise that they were selling them just in one colour - and unfortunately she happened to get blue (not good for a constantly hyper child ).

Anyway, firstly she ended up with blue lips - so I asked her to go and wash her mouth. She couldn't get the blue off, so came back looking like this...

Originally Posted by The Crow

Then she went for a No.2 tonight and ran out saying she'd done a green poo. I was alarmed until I remembered the blue..... can't be good though, can it?!

Originally Posted by Lorrielou

It was always a widely known problem that blue smarties were the worst for inducing hyperactivity - a common phrase a while back with my friends was, God, has he been at the blue smarties? I understand however that they altered the blue ones to make them non-hyper as they were getting such a bad reputation and when I last bought them they boasted contains no this, that and the other. I wonder then if the colouring they are using is better for hyper kids, but is bad for clothes and poo's. Can't have everything I guess!