| Yogurt covered pretzels. Seriously, folks, these are Very Bad Things. I was attacked by a fit of the munchies, and made my way to one of AcronymCo's myriad of vending machines. My craving was saying "Chex Mix", but the selection was saying "tough". Hmm. White Chocolate Macadamia Nut cookies sound good. But damn, I just had veggies for lunch today, and I'm *trying* to be virtuous. Yeah, I know, I know, the true virtue would lie in not giving into the munchies at all. Hush, you. Huh, they've got yogurt covered pretzels. I like yogurt. I like pretzels. The items in and of themselves are Low In Fat and Low In Calories. The combination sounds vaguely gross, but what the hell. I'm game. I think I had impressions in my mind of those shortbread cookies that are dipped in that waxy sugary coating and dusted with those candy sprinkles you put on Christmas cookies. You know the ones I'm talking about? I love those things. However, the smell that wafted to my nostrils as I opened the bag should have warned me off. Childhood memories of Play-Doh came rushing back to me. I immediately thought "Well, that can't be good," but I'd just spent 75 cents on the suckers, so I had to at least try them. I popped one in my mouth. Chewed. The coating was indeed waxy, and bitter - or maybe sour. The pretzels underneath were stale in that slightly-soggy way, and the salt on them contrasted tragically with the yogurt (or whatever the hell that stuff really was). Can you spell, "Gag"? I knew you could. Damned if I do that again. Next time, I'm going for the cookies. The one redeeming happenstance of the experience was the coupon for $2.00 off any music CD from Sam Goody's stuck on the front of the package. Now, I ask you, what marketing genius decided to put a $2.00 coupon off a CD on a bag of yogurt covered pretzels?!? I figure it was one of two things - either Sam Goody thought they were pretty golden and not too many coupons would be cashed in, or the United Yogurt and Pretzel Association of America went on a campaign to attract young people to the Wonderful Wide World of Healthy Snacking. If it's the former, I'm going to *use* that darned coupon just to spite 'em. If it's the latter, well, I envision the prepubescent youth of America catapulting themselves to the nearest vat of Pepsi and trough of Kit-Kat's. The tragedy of it all is that my munchies are still in full force. Anybody got a Dorito? I hear they can make more, so you don't have to worry about sharing. In other news...Let's have fun with spell check! Seriously, one of these days I'm going to post an entry, and for every Snerkism (spellcheck suggestion: "Synergism") it catches, I'm going to let it replace the word with the first thing it pops up in its list. Come on, it'll be fun! Like our own secret code. Damn, I always wanted one of those.And thus endeth the weirdness for today. (And why doesn't the "i before e" rule apply to "weird"? The English language is so screwed up.) |