and that Quaker Oatmeal commercial comes on. You know, the one where they strap on the jet packs, but the “jets” are cartons of oatmeal, then they take off.
Brian has expressed his not understanding this commercial a couple of times. I explain it to him. That oatmeal is supposed to give you energy. Then he tells me “well, whenever I have it, I sure don’t have energy for very long”. And I say “well, maybe that’s because you eat the sweetened crap, the flavored stuff. If I made it from the oatmeal carton and it was just plain, you might have more energy.”
He takes umbrage. Tells me that there are plain flavors in the box of mixed we get at CostCo. And that he has those “every other time”. Now, I know that there’s not much of a sweet smell to the regular, plain flavors. And that I usually get a whiff of sweetness when he has oatmeal. Anal person that I am, I get up from my spot on the sofa, go into the kitchen, grab the box of oatmeal and dump all of the packets on the counter.
“Okay, let’s just see how many of the flavorless packets you’ve actually eaten….”
He’s getting pissed off. He starts to tell me “well, I just grab what’s in there, I don’t pay attention.”
I ignore him and start splitting the packets into individual piles. I read from the box. “Okay, there are ten packages of regular included in the box.” I count the regular packages on the counter. I count ten! Then I read the side of the box. “Okay, there are six packages of oats and flax included and there are four in the pile. You’ve had two of those!”
The mixed berry count was way down (only two left), the apples and cinnamon was down, and probably six of the maple flavored gone.
My point made, I put all of the packets back in the carton and put it back on the frig.
But that said, I do agree with him that a breakfast of bacon, eggs and toast does seem to last longer than a breakfast of oatmeal. Flavored or not.
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