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SwampYankee · #12 08-07-2007, 10:03 AM

I'm going to have to save some wrappers then!

It's 100% the parents' fault if a kid overindulges themselves on McD, or any junkfood. Unless the kid is independently wealthy and has their own driver to drive them to the fast food restaurant or the store so they can purchase their own bag of Cheetos.

I was subjected to Joe Camel and never smoked. I was subjected to Ronald McDonald and rarely got McDs as a kid (although it did instill a fear of pedophile clowns in me). I was subjected to Cap't. Crunch and never got sugary breakfast cereal. I was subjected to Spuds McKenzie and never...strike that, bad example.

I was a Saturday morning cartoon junkie held hostage to all of the advertising schemes conjured up in the smoky back rooms by rich, white men. But the fact was my parents didn't buy the stuff, told us why it wasn't good for us and and we only ate fast food on a special kid occassion. We pestered my parents constantly for Froot Loops and Happy Meals. But, apparently, an amazing thing happened. They said no! And didn't buy the junk for us.

So far, this crazy scheme has managed to work for my own kids! The powers one has when they control the money and the transportation to obtain said offending products are incredible. It's very easy for my wife and I to control what our kids eat. Now, if I could only control myself...