I've been talking about food and/or
grocery stores all week, so why stop now?
Right?
Actually, it's just something I
observed while eating dinner last night, something so...strange that
it made a piece of spinach shoot out of my mouth because I was
laughing so hard at the absurdity of it all.
Sorry about that, Loraine.
Okay. What made me laugh so hard that
a piece of spinach went shooting out of my mouth? Well, it was in a
flier for a local grocery store (one of the ones I actually mentioned
in yesterday's blog). One of the deals they have coming up is
this—if you buy 4 of one item, you get a fifth, separate item for
free. It's something grocery stores do all the time and, usually,
the items are grouped together by some common thread. You know, buy
four boxes of cake mixes and get a container for free; something
along those lines. So just what was this particular grouping, the
one that made me laugh so hard spinach went shooting out of my mouth?
Buy four Healthy Choice frozen dinners,
and get a container of ice cream free.
No, I'm not making that up. I couldn't
make it up if I tried. I wasn't seeing things, either. After I
apologized to Loraine for shooting spinach out of my mouth I showed
her, and she saw it too. There is a currently a deal at a local
grocery store—buy four things that are healthy (heck, “Healthy”
is even in the name!) and get a tub of fat absolutely free.
Now you see why I laughed so hard that
spinach flew out of my mouth?
I don't know why the store stuck those
items together. I don't know if the store just got a great deal on a
bulk buy of ice cream and needs to get rid of it, or if someone
actually sat down and said “you know, we should pair a low calorie
dinner with a high calorie dessert. That makes sense, right?” I
mean, sure it makes sense, or at least as much sense as going into a
restaurant and ordering four pieces of cheesecake and a Diet Coke.
But there it is, in the flier in black and white (or red, black, &
white, if you wanna be technical). Buy four “healthy” dinners,
and get a tub of ice cream for free.
America. What a country.
8-)
On that note, have yourself a great
weekend. If you're in Marquette, enjoy many of the church bazaars
and public open houses going on the next few days. And if you go
grocery shopping, I hope all of your deals are as healthy as the one
I just described!
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