This thread is in counterpoint to the wimpy-assed "PEZ Club" thread. PEZ is for babies! Real people do Altoids! Altoids don't come in cutesy little plastic dispensers shaped like cartoon characters! They come in real metal cans! (Though some serious addicts dispose of the little cans and dump cartons of 'em into old ammo boxes.)

Imagine this: You're a lawyer, and a client has just entered your office. After initial introductions you want to make a gesture to make the client feel at ease. Twenty years ago, you would've offered him a cigarette, but that's no longer politically correct. So, do you offer the client a PEZ? What do you think that millionaire client is going to think when you pull a plastic Tweety-Bird from the pocket of your Brooks Brothers' suit and push the little button so that his head tilts back and spits out a little dinky wannabe mint while you smile and say "PEZ?" He's probably going to think you lack the maturity to represent him. But, when you pull an ammo box full of assorted flavors of Altoids out of your desk drawer and offer him a handful he's going to think, "This is a guy who does thing in a big way! I think I'll go for that two-million-dollar retainer deal!"

Altoids! Not only are they "curiously strong", but after you've been eating them for a few years you get "seriously weird".