The back and leg pain is bad enough to keep me sedentary, at least until the Whirled Cup begins, and we witness Germany destroy Argentina.
So, I decided to do all the crosswords, sudokus, and jumbles that my 3 sunday papers have to offer. As I had Harry Potter playing on the family channel, (Confession, I LOVED those books. J.K.L.M.N.O.P.Q.R. Rowling wrote some really fun stuff. ((Why do british writers always have more than one initial?)) ) So, as the Dumbledore's army was first organizing, and I was stuck on 31 across, another of many mindless ads appeared on the tube.
SNACKEEZ!
From the Church of Ineffable Stupidity:
what better way to insure adult onset diabetes in your child? First, find the appropriate soft drink, say a carbonated liquid, filled with high fructose corn syrup, with sugar added for a gentle sweetness, kind of like Katrina's kiss bestowed upon NOLA, with artificial flavors, artificial colors (no, the cancer link has NOT been proven) carbonation to provide that wondrous tickling sensation, and seasoned with sugar and caffeine for that added ADHD childlike energy.
Fill the bottom of the container with 2x the recommended daily allowance of sugar and caffeine.
Next, snap in the handy dandy snack container. Fill it with highly salted, lard-based, fried and seasoned potato or corn extracts to the very lid. Not to worry. It holds twice the daily allowance of salt, fatty oils, and artificial coloring.
Next, send your child on to your ex-spouse, and forget to pack the ritalin!
Snackeez - an incredibly overpriced piece of injection molded plastic, a straw, and a top container for your salt fix. It probably costs on the order of 19 cents per item, including straw, but you can buy it by phone or at Amazon for $9.99 plus $6 in shipping and handling.
and they sell this on a kids channel?