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Posted on: 2011-03-09 23:20 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
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Huh? Where is this place that only sells cereal once a year?|
Originally Posted by Dark One
Miss the last sentence of the paragraph?
Haven't had a bowl of CC in a long time. About the only cereal I eat anymore is the occassional bowl of stocked-up Frankenberry or Booberry. Buy about a dozen boxes once a year during the single time they are sold here. |
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Sells Frankenberry or Booberry once a year. They only come out near Halloween and are unavailable the rest of the year.
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Ya, my area only gets Frankenberry & Booberry once a year (generally about the middle of October to about the middle of November, depending upon how long the supply lasts), if that. Some years we don't get any of the good stuff. I think it's one or two shipments tops.
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Originally Posted by MaestroMavius
Huh? Where is this place that only sells cereal once a year?
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Let me just say that I agree, and find this whole thing stupid. I would like to go further, but I'd probably be receiving an email from Mod05. |
Originally Posted by Arnabas
I do.
I miss the good old days where we could just eat stuff because we liked it, without worrying about every little thing in it. Sugar is almost a dirty word now. I can't find any gum to chew anymore because nobody will use sugar and I refuse to buy any with Aspartame. |
On a semi-related note, I've heard that Sesame Street has renamed the Cookie Monster as the "Carrot Monster". Is that really true?
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I don't think so, but they did have him start pressing for healthier eating habits. Now he eats fruits and veggies, and says cookies are a "sometimes food".|
Originally Posted by Night-Hawk07
On a semi-related note, I've heard that Sesame Street has renamed the Cookie Monster as the "Carrot Monster". Is that really true?
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... which he then promptly devours in his usual style.
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Yeah, but look on the ingredients for Raisin Bran too. There's HFCS in there as well!
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Originally Posted by Smersh
Also, the sugar content of raisin bran is largely due to the raisins, which contain high levels of fructose. At least it's not high fructose corn syrup.
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Yeah, that stuff's in everything.
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Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
Yeah, but look on the ingredients for Raisin Bran too. There's HFCS in there as well!
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And really, Cookie Monster's entire shtick for decades has been that he can and does eat anything. Anything. Cookies, apples, carrots, plates, tables, cars... |
Originally Posted by Rabid_Metroid
I don't think so, but they did have him start pressing for healthier eating habits. Now he eats fruits and veggies, and says cookies are a "sometimes food".
... which he then promptly devours in his usual style. |
Cookies just happen to be his favorite treat.
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Not to mention that the usual right-wing critique of progressive politics is that they're big government that legislates every thing. The role of the White House they say is to use it not to legislate but as a 'bully pulpit.'|
Originally Posted by Smersh
Leap from "Cap'n Crunch isn't on the Quaker homepage" to "Cap'n Crunch is being retired" to "It's the White House's fault" is amazing reporting in a bad way.
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Then, when the White House does use it as a bully pulpit, with the First Lady's healthy eating initiatives, for example, they get criticized for being PC bullies.
<facepalm>
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Sugar IS the taste of the cereal
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Originally Posted by Lord_Nightblade
Unless they need the sugar to conceal the taste of the cereal.
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The Captain has a special message for us:
http://www.capncrunch.com/default.aspx
Crunchberries are my favorite fruit!
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Well that's good. At least that's one part of my childhood not totally destroyed......yet.
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Originally Posted by Rabid_Metroid
I don't think so, but they did have him start pressing for healthier eating habits. Now he eats fruits and veggies, and says cookies are a "sometimes food".
... which he then promptly devours in his usual style. |
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Well the word is the original rumor was created by an Ad company trying to get hired by Quaker Oats by showing them how they could raise the public awareness of Capt'n Crunch through social media/gorilla marketing.
The story, of how CC was fading away, was then picked up by a finance website which speculated why Quaker would get rid of the brand and from there went mainstream news. And with each retelling, more "facts" got added to the story.
Cereal killing? Or mutiny? Neither! Cap'n Crunch lives
Oh, and the finance site that originally spun the White House angle, is an AOL site.
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The fricking Mark Twain of breakfast cereal.|
Originally Posted by all_hell
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Was I the only one who found a bowl of CC, while delicious, would turn the roof of my mouth into hamburger?
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That seems to happen with any cereal that isn't in flake form.
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Originally Posted by Canadian_Medbot
Was I the only one who found a bowl of CC, while delicious, would turn the roof of my mouth into hamburger?
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I always wondered what that smooth, sticky coating up there was. I figure the Captain just really, really, really enjoys his time spent in my mouth.
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Originally Posted by Canadian_Medbot
Was I the only one who found a bowl of CC, while delicious, would turn the roof of my mouth into hamburger?
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I don't care if I got snookered. It still makes for a damn fine literary allusion.
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Originally Posted by Father Xmas
The story, of how CC was fading away, was then picked up by a finance website which speculated why Quaker would get rid of the brand and from there went mainstream news. And with each retelling, more "facts" got added to the story.
Cereal killing? Or mutiny? Neither! Cap'n Crunch lives Oh, and the finance site that originally spun the White House angle, is an AOL site. |
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When I was a kid, it certainly did cut up/tear off the top layer of skin from my gums and the roof of my mouth. I've had it in recent years, occasionally, and it doesn't seem to do that anymore. Perhaps my mouth has just gotten tougher over the years, but I suspect that they changed the consistency of it a bit so that it doesn't break off into such jagged pieces now.
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Originally Posted by Canadian_Medbot
Was I the only one who found a bowl of CC, while delicious, would turn the roof of my mouth into hamburger?
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"I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show,
A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes."
Apparently it's common enough that Robot Chicken or was it Family Guy included it in one of thier skits. With the Cap'n angrily staing "And my cereal does not cut the top of your mouth!"
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it was family guy, i think i saw that episode within the last 2 weeks lol
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Originally Posted by Samothrake
Apparently it's common enough that Robot Chicken or was it Family Guy included it in one of thier skits. With the Cap'n angrily staing "And my cereal does not cut the top of your mouth!"
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I was chuckling over that just the other day, in fact.
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Originally Posted by Heraclea
I don't care if I got snookered. It still makes for a damn fine literary allusion.
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I miss the good old days where we could just eat stuff because we liked it, without worrying about every little thing in it. Sugar is almost a dirty word now.
I can't find any gum to chew anymore because nobody will use sugar and I refuse to buy any with Aspartame.
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