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Well, after the obligatory "First post ever" post, time to get to the grist of the daily gripe.
The observant many note that today is Halloween. A pagan new year, a fortuitous time to start new things and put small children into candy induced diabetic comas. Of course, I get extra candy to aid in this ritual and celebrate myself.
Chocolate is my favourite. Sugar, chocolate and peanut butter are a complete Halloween meal. You have your protein from peanuts, making it passingly healthful, carbs ( sugar!!!), and caffeine (chocolate). This is like a rug rat power bar. I annually offer it to diminutive goblins in various forms.
Like most folks, I buy my candy in giant bags filled with tiny versions of familiar favourites. Recently, the candy vendors have made a change that could have been helpful. They've started offering multi packs with a variety of favorites on a theme.
Sadly, this is not all that helpful because some nimrod figured out how to ruin the idea. If the giant bag has three out of four things I want to get, I'll probably get it.
After all, maybe the tykes will like number four, even if I don't. Sure they will... ever notice how some people seem to think their house pet is smarter than their offspring? Fluffy doesn't like the cheap can food, but Johnny wont know when I switch his breakfast cereal for the dime store wood fibre filled crap that comes in a plastic trash bag.
The dark horse in the multi packs this year is filler you've never heard of. My Reese's mega multi pack has the good ones, peanut butter cups. It also has a something called fast break; while fairly new it's a favorite here. And, of course, ET's choice, the M&M look alike. To round it off, number four is some mutant inside out peanut butter cup.
Have you tried these things? They're child abuse in wax paper. What's worst, they're stealth junk. You might think you'll be getting the classic and end up getting some distasteful variant.
Why do I get mega bags of mega candy from the mega corps? Because the kids recognise them. It's about the kids after all. Those who can remember being kids know the disappointment of getting the no name hard candy that tastes like corn starch and licking a cat. Those who can't remember these pseudo treats found only in the cheapest markets in October are probably the ones still feeding them to the kids.
Reese's in not alone. All the big guys are offering multi candy sacks with promotional candy hidden in the good stuff. M&M has this chocolate bar with minis stuck in it. Not the one with the cookie, but just limp soft American chocolate with too much vegetable oil and tiny candy shells waiting to embed themselves into the gums of their hapless victim. M&M, if you're listening, please take guy who came up with this tragedy and send him to same place you send the ET PR guy.
The observant many note that today is Halloween. A pagan new year, a fortuitous time to start new things and put small children into candy induced diabetic comas. Of course, I get extra candy to aid in this ritual and celebrate myself.
Chocolate is my favourite. Sugar, chocolate and peanut butter are a complete Halloween meal. You have your protein from peanuts, making it passingly healthful, carbs ( sugar!!!), and caffeine (chocolate). This is like a rug rat power bar. I annually offer it to diminutive goblins in various forms.
Like most folks, I buy my candy in giant bags filled with tiny versions of familiar favourites. Recently, the candy vendors have made a change that could have been helpful. They've started offering multi packs with a variety of favorites on a theme.
Sadly, this is not all that helpful because some nimrod figured out how to ruin the idea. If the giant bag has three out of four things I want to get, I'll probably get it.
After all, maybe the tykes will like number four, even if I don't. Sure they will... ever notice how some people seem to think their house pet is smarter than their offspring? Fluffy doesn't like the cheap can food, but Johnny wont know when I switch his breakfast cereal for the dime store wood fibre filled crap that comes in a plastic trash bag.
The dark horse in the multi packs this year is filler you've never heard of. My Reese's mega multi pack has the good ones, peanut butter cups. It also has a something called fast break; while fairly new it's a favorite here. And, of course, ET's choice, the M&M look alike. To round it off, number four is some mutant inside out peanut butter cup.
Have you tried these things? They're child abuse in wax paper. What's worst, they're stealth junk. You might think you'll be getting the classic and end up getting some distasteful variant.
Why do I get mega bags of mega candy from the mega corps? Because the kids recognise them. It's about the kids after all. Those who can remember being kids know the disappointment of getting the no name hard candy that tastes like corn starch and licking a cat. Those who can't remember these pseudo treats found only in the cheapest markets in October are probably the ones still feeding them to the kids.
Reese's in not alone. All the big guys are offering multi candy sacks with promotional candy hidden in the good stuff. M&M has this chocolate bar with minis stuck in it. Not the one with the cookie, but just limp soft American chocolate with too much vegetable oil and tiny candy shells waiting to embed themselves into the gums of their hapless victim. M&M, if you're listening, please take guy who came up with this tragedy and send him to same place you send the ET PR guy.