Don't you get chocolate... in a box of chocolates?

The quote refers to the standard box chocolate assortment that has all sorts of chocolate covered centers. A typical Whitman Sampler includes solid chocolate, creme filled of various flavors, coconut, raisins and nuts, cherries and caramels, etc.

Because they are all covered in chocolate, most of them look the same on the outside. For instance, caramels, coconut, and the various sweet creme filled look the same from the outside so you won't know what you have until you bite into them. (hate creme filled!!)

Actually, back in the 50s and 60s when most of the film takes place there were not labels on the box that told you what chocolates were in the box. So you really didn't know what you were going to get when you bought a box of chocolates.

Green Goblin is great! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1L4ZuaVvaw

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chocolate boxes like that are a solid part of the christmas tradition in my country so that line was always clear as day to me, i never realised until now it could confuse some people, funny. i've tuned into this sometimes as it airs and it wasn't until now i understand the entire movie is him telling stories on the bench and most people beside him couldn't care less, and all the while he's been through the most spectacular things, but i wonder if it's an option he's just making much of the stuff up or has misunderstood things, i see now this interpretation has already been brought up on this board before. the greatest parts of the movie is his outrageous comments, and what the mother did to get him into school was wild, i also had missed that the feather appears at the start as well. one really weird part that must have been played out wrong is when forrest gump is throwing really heavy punches into the back of the car, and then the guy inside just steps out showing no impact of it at all. i always found the grown up jenny kind of off putting, this too is shared by others on this board, up till now i thought i was getting the impression wrong, by the way, i don't recall ever seeing the actress playing her in anything else even though this is such a big movie and the guy playing lieutenant dan taylor comes off as a major miss cast.



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at the station with ticket,
ready to quit it,
night closing of day,
and like saint stepped off the train,
unsaddled and stayed in town,
destiny changed train rollin the line.

Come on guys, OP is probably 13 anyways.

Now, even though this line never confused me... I must say that it's not only cheesy, but he also could have found a better comparison in the situation. The choice of saying this itself always seemed odd to me.