Question From Reader's.
My husband and I took the kids to the local Dairy Queen. We got into a heated discussion about those little candies (rainbow or chocolate flavored) that you top your ice cream with. I called them Jimmie's and my husband call them Sprinkle's. Which is the proper term to use?
Those colorful bits of candy goodness scattered randomly across your ice cream (or cupcake) are called "sprinkles" in some parts of the world. In other parts of the world, those same tiny examples of the confectioners' art are known as "jimmies."
According to one expert, sprinkles is the original term used. However, the term jimmies apparently originated from the New England (USA) area. Regardless, what is the proper term that a true Christian should use?
A spokesperson for Baskin Robbin's gave this interesting perspective: " 'Jimmies' are the chocolate ones and 'sprinkles' are the rainbow ones." A spokeswoman for Ben & Jerry's agreed: "I agree". However, one dictionary defines jimmies as "tiny rod-shaped bits of usually chocolate-flavored candy often sprinkled on ice cream". They use the term sprinkled in the definition of jimmies. Why should this concern true Christians?
Candyland Crafts (NJ-USA) state on their website that jimmies is the proper term to use. On the other hand, Sugarcraft state on their website that spinkles is the proper term. The result? There is a tug-of-war going on between the term "jimmies" and "sprinkles". As true Christians we want to remain neutral. The only war we want to be concerned about is that of Armageddon. We want to ally ourselves with Jehovah God and His organization on earth today. We want to show respect and loyalty to the "older men" of the congregation. We also don't want to stumble our dear brothers and sisters.
How do you think someone would feel if you referred to the candy as "jimmies" and the person accompanying you to the ice cream shop was endeared to the term "sprinkles"? Would it not be loving to simply refrain from asking for ANY topping on your ice cream? By doing that, we will have averted a possible stumbling of our spiritual sibling. Yes, the wise course of action would be to eat your ice cream (or cupcake) plain. Also, we would want to refrain from talking about (or debating) this issue going forward so as not to cause a division within the congregation.