The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for August 21, 2016
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The Born Loser by Art & Chip Sansom Gladys: What time would you like to eat dinner tonight, Brutus? Brutus: I just had a snack, so you can push dinner back a little later than usual. Gladys: Did you try the new one-hundred-calorie-cookie packs I bought for you? Brutus: Yes, I did. Gladys: They're carefully portioned to keep your snacks within sensible dietary guidelines... Gladys: They're so much better for you than opening a regular box of cookies and eating until you're stuffed! Gladys: Well, tell me - did you like the one-hundred-calorie packs for a snack? Brutus: Yeah, they were pretty good, but five packs is my limit!
I had a roommate and her daughter who decided to stock up on bottled water for Y2K. I thought that was a good idea. They bought 2 24-packs of bottles … of 8 oz bottles for $5 or 6. At some point around Oct 1999 they had guzzled half of them, and they were all gone well before New Years Eve… That school year, they talked me into buying a 30 bag package of assorted chips, so the girl didn’thave to take baggies of chips to school, you guessed it. After a week or so, all the good chips were gone, leaving a few bags of Fritos. After that, they were gone, too. Good riddance!