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The Song Challenge:   Sometimes I Feel Like Felon, Sometimes I Don't (Hurricane, Utah) - Inmate Brian McCluskey, serving a one-year jail sentence for attempted possession of methaphetamine, believed he had found heaven at the Purgatory Correctional Facility. A bag of M&Ms he earned for helping with chores at the jail was thought to be the million-dollar winner of a national contest.  Deputy Julie Pugmire gave the candy to McCluskey as a reward for helping her pass out commissary items. When he opened the bag, the 27-year-old found candies that were sky blue, white, purple - colors he'd never seen before. Other inmates told him he might have won M&Ms' "Fix-Up the Mix-Up" contest, which they had seen advertised on television.  Sheriff Kirk Smith told The Associated Press that he was sure that the inmate had won the contest. "We're confident he has the bag advertised as the winning bag. It was put in property then given to his wife."  But Mars Inc., said that only one of the bags has a game piece that identifies the winner. The million others get a 16 ounce bag of candy.   The bag was being kept in a safe-deposit box until it was authenticated. The Mars company later said that McCluskey wasn't the Grand Prize Winner after all -- only one of a million First Prize winners -- who only get a free bag of M&M's, not the million dollars McCluskey thought he'd won. 

Candy Coloured Shell by MMario

I'm doing my time in my candy coloured shell
Brought it on myself, which I know so very well
And it doesn't make no never mind, what's goin' on outside
Because the truth is only here, within my mind

In my candy coloured shell, here I curl just like a snail
All the colours of the rainbow shining in my mucus trail
I wanted all the pleasures, wanted others for to pay
And that's why I only have these many shades of gray

I thought I had a million bucks, but I only got a pound
The knock of opportunity made but a hollow sound
And the sunshine through the crystal makes an insubstantial sign 
Because the truth is only here within my mind

In my candy coloured shell, here I curl just like a snail
All the colours of the rainbow shining in my mucus trail
I wanted all the pleasures, wanted others for to pay
And that's why I only have these many shades of gray

I thought I had found Heaven, in my candy coated shell
But I cannot pass beyond these walls I know so very well
If this is truly Heaven why is Virgil then my guide?
And the truth is only here within my mind

In my candy coloured shell, here I curl just like a snail
All the colours of the rainbow shining in my mucus trail
I wanted all the pleasures, wanted others for to pay
And that's why I only have these many shades of gray

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