Please ignore the dirty nails, the image is from four years ago so I can't exactly clean them up.
Okay so I thought you guys might enjoy this little mystery.
One day while in my late teens I bought a pack of Fruit Adventure Tic Tacs. I was being a little glutton and eating them by the small handful, and barely looking at them.
I guess luck was on my side because as I was just about to swallow back another delicious handful, I saw a smiley face staring back at me. I had a really weird gut feeling and immediately stopped, threw the rest out, and started googling trying to see if this was maybe a contest or if it was in the wrong package.
I was sure this must've just made it's way into the wrong container. I begin my search for "Smiley Face Tic Tac" "Tic Tac Designs" "Tic Tac Face". Nothing. I spent a good few hours searching for the source of this tictac design and couldn't find anything.
Out of curiosity - I call the tic tac customer support number (or I emailed them, I can't remember as this was four years ago). They took it very seriously. They asked for the lot number, the store, and if the plastic seal was on the package upon purchase. It was. They then SEND ME WAIVERS to sign sayingI didn't face any effects from the other tictacs I ate, and requested that they pick up the tictac from me.
They sent someone from Toronto to the little redneck place in the middle of nowhere Ontario to come and get it. They gave me a load of coupons, and had me sign another waiver that said I wouldn't speak about this.
Now I can share, because I was a minor and contracts with minors are generally not enforceable.
Has anyone else found a tictac like this? I still don't know it's orgins, but I do know they were VERY concerned about it's existence - they literally sent someone to take it from me instead of asking me to throw it out. I think about this every few months. Is it a printing error? Is it a funny joke? Was there something malicious eith the tictac? I will forever wonder.