So, we're just back in from a run out to Cannon Airplane Patch for to stock the larder and the likker locker... where we saw this:
Childhood obesity? Why, you'd never know WHY now, would ya? Reese's for breakfast? Sure... why the Hell not?
And about that lapse in my ethics...
What I normally drink is on the left and what we'll be drinkin' for the next couple o' few is on the right. While we were perusing the scotch selection I noticed that the 18-year old Glenlivet was priced the same as the 15-year old stuff. I did what any red blooded scotch drinker would do in this case and picked up the 18-year. So, where's the ethical lapse, you ask? This: I know and almost any scotch drinker knows the 18-year old Glenlivet was wrongly priced. Did I tell the cashier or management? No, I did not.
I should have bought two. In for a penny, in for a pound.
Childhood obesity? Why, you'd never know WHY now, would ya? Reese's for breakfast? Sure... why the Hell not?
And about that lapse in my ethics...
What I normally drink is on the left and what we'll be drinkin' for the next couple o' few is on the right. While we were perusing the scotch selection I noticed that the 18-year old Glenlivet was priced the same as the 15-year old stuff. I did what any red blooded scotch drinker would do in this case and picked up the 18-year. So, where's the ethical lapse, you ask? This: I know and almost any scotch drinker knows the 18-year old Glenlivet was wrongly priced. Did I tell the cashier or management? No, I did not.
I should have bought two. In for a penny, in for a pound.
You lucky man. God loves you.
ReplyDeleteEthical lapse? Methinks you seized the initiative.
ReplyDelete(Nothing will draw me in faster than a title like Two Crappy Cell Phone Pics, a Lil Social Commentary, and a Lapse In Ethics. Seriously.)
I don't even go down that aisle anymore. It's not just the sugar, it's the prices. I'm a cheerios man, but I haven't bought any in about 3 years due to prices. I just have some toast from my bread-maker and peach preserves, ever since the depression started.
ReplyDelete"Methinks you seized the initiative."
ReplyDeleteExactly so. Enjoy.
@ Curt: Good things happen every once in a while.
ReplyDelete@ Chris & Brian: I like the way the both of you think. The phrase about seizing the initiative would look good on my performance report, if I still got those things.
@ céréales: I'm a corn flakes guy and I still buy 'em. The cereal aisle is a wondrous thing, actually. All that variety!
Hmm, 18 years ago Braveheart won the Academy Award. I'm wondering if the two drinks are created differently though. The 15 year one sounding more flavorful.
DeleteI wish I had a lil of that 15-year stuff left so I could do a side-by-side comparison. The 18-year stuff is incredibly smooth, though.
DeleteAs a kid in the late '40s we usually only had cornflakes and sometimes all bran (!) which my aunt served with pure, rich cream--very tasty. I'm not sure about the sugar content then. Nowadays I have my Glenlivet over all bran.
ReplyDeleteThe only sugared cereal I remember from my childhood was a sugared kind of puffed wheat, but I don't remember the name. Our childhoods were NOTHING like today in this regard.
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