Pluggers by Rick McKee for March 09, 2023

His parents and wife must be so proud of him.

TRUE!

That’s what dogs are for….

But old pluggers nowadays need to put their dieting first.

Is it me or does that look like that Plugger’s holding a bed pan?

I fight that plugger habit with Ozempic, on top of Factor meals loaded with yucky veggies.

This plugger looks like he just did the the dishes and is admiring a shiny plate.

“Eat everything on your plate. People are starving in Europe”

-My Mom 1946

And after that kitty pushed plate off the table.

Especially if you lick them clean. I let my dog do that part.

Mom taught us to only take what we could eat … Do not waste food ;-)

waste not want not…….

My father even took the meat off the bones before we got it, so he could graw off every bit we might have wasted. He was Super Plugger!

Many of us are the children of people who lived through the Depression, when you couldn’t afford much, and the WWII when you couldn’t find things in the stores. Even after the war ended, there was still rationing, and while Mum might have points to buy a certain item, there was no guarantee the grocer would have it on hand. “Shut up and eat your dinner” was the catch-phrase of the day.

My grand parents and parents lived through the depression. I still exhibit their approach. I remember my father and is mother carefully unwrapping gifts and saving the paper for next year.

That’s what I have a dog for, “pre-wash.”

That’s why I usually have bread with all my meals; to wipe up all the gravy on the plate vs. licking it clean, which my wife really frowns on.

We found that downsizing our plates and bowls helped tremendously. Automatically leads to smaller portions so we can still ‘clean our plates’ but maintain our diets.

My Dad served in the Navy during WWII, and he said he was always told, “Take all you can eat, but eat all you take.”

There are children starving in China! (Mother Superior St. Rodrigue, 1965)

We were raised by Depression kids. Millenial/GenZ’s kids will forever be influenced by 2008 & 2020.

I always wondered how “my” eating everything helped those poor starving children. Why didn’t they want those children to get some.

For those people commenting that they let their dogs lick their dishes clean…thanks for the warning.

That’s why all these Pluggers are morbidly obese…

its true, and also why im dieting now : p

Ours was Korea, dad was there during the war. Alice Cooper must have heard that too. “Please clean your plate dear, the Lord above can see youDon’t you know people are starving in Korea?” (Generation Landslide, 1973).

Once again I’m a Plugger.

Food was at a premium when we were growing up…..

Throughout Human history there has been times of feast and famine, the generations raised during the times of famine, learned to conserve and not waste anything.