Retired Candy Heart Sayings

 This is the 147th Valentine's Day people will celebrate with those candy conversation hearts.  Sure, they taste like a mix of chalk and garbage, but the messages on them are the BEST.  Which is why people buy FOUR MILLION POUNDS of them a year.

--"The Atlantic" talked to NECCO, the company behind them, and got a list of some of the messages on the hearts they've RETIRED over the years.  After all, slang evolves . . . and you don't want your hearts sounding un-hip, right?

--Here are picks for the top 10 retired conversation heart messages . . .

#10.)  HOT CHA.
#9.)  The peace symbol.
#8.)  1-800 CUPID.
#7.)  YOU ARE LATE.  (--In this day and age, people would see that as a teen pregnancy scare.)
#6.)  SAUCY BOY.
#5.)  HEP CAT.
#4.)  DIG ME.
#3.)  GROOVY.
#2.)  FAX ME.
#1.)  YOU ARE GAY.  (--Yep, they really had this one.  It was back when it actually meant "You are happy and lighthearted".)