Somewhere in the newspaper's catacombs, where old papers, dusty Christmas decorations and unwanted office supplies go to die, you might find a 20-year-old package of Twinkies. <\/p>\n
Call it a science experiment or urban legend debunking or simply news wonks trying to be clever. <\/p>\n
The more seasoned, more facetious members of the newsroom, whose wit I could never match, decided to test the adage that Twinkies never die by placing a sealed pair on someone's desk. <\/p>\n
One desk in particular. <\/p>\n
\"I was the keeper of the Twinkie, actually,\" Dyrinda Tyson, who designed our front pages back then, told me on Facebook. \"It was a mean-spirited slap at someone originally, but it became an object of curiosity and maybe scientific endeavor mostly curiosity though.\" <\/p>\n
Tyson, to this fresh, impressionable reporter and sometimes copy editor, was the Queen of Clever. <\/p>\n
So the Twinkies sat on her desk, and we waited. <\/p>\n
Days went by. <\/p>\n
The Twinkies seemed to remain fresh. The sponge cake rebounded with each poke. <\/p>\n
The delicious cream filling was white and enticing. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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