Consumer News: I have bought Breyer’s yogurt because it is the only brand that offers eight ounce containers. All of the other brands have gone down to six ounces while charging the same price. For a couple of weeks I couldn’t find Breyer’s on the shelves at Wegman’s. I asked a person in the dairy department about it, and he said that Breyer’s went to six ounces, so Wegman’s stopped carrying the brand. He said that the only reason they offered Breyer’s at all was because it came in eight ounce containers. So I’m basically through with yogurt. What good does six ounces of yogurt do a growing boy like me? I might as well buy a package of six grapes while I’m at it. It makes as much sense. Is the amount of plastic that goes into the landfill worth it for three spoonfuls of yogurt? I’m done!
It gets better. I went on the internet and found that since Unilever bought Breyer’s, they have also shrunk the size of their “half gallon” ice cream containers to 1.7 quarts and started adding fillers to their ice cream. It made me recall those Breyer’s commercials where the little kids would try to read the list of ingredients on the competitor’s cartons. The kids couldn’t read all the chemicals, but they could read the Breyer’s label because it said, “milk, sugar, vanilla,” and so on.
It turns out that people are so pissed with Unilever about the ice cream, that the Wikipedia entry for Breyer’s has been locked due to vandalism! What a tremendous innovation, to not only give people smaller amounts, but add fillers to what you do sell them to make it cheaper to produce. People get big bonuses for coming up with these ideas. It reminds me of how The Simpsons in syndication have gags cut out so they can show more commercials. You think about how it’s somebody’s job to watch a Simpson’s episode that was created by many talented and creative people and cut out 90 seconds of it so three more promos can be shown for another rerun that they show on the WB. That is precisely someone’s contribution to the entertainment industry and American society. This should be a soul-crushing occupation, but sadly I’m sure it’s not. These people could be kissed by a Dementor and just get right up, pop in a breath mint, and be on their way.
In other news, the US Open is underway and I haven’t caught any articles in the New York papers covering how expensive all the concessions are. No exaggerations do justice to the actual price of something like a sandwich at the US Open. A sandwich is like $14. Every year it’s sublime. The prices are ludicrous, people complain, the people at the US Open don’t see what the problem is. Maybe it’s not even news any more. That would be a shame because the whole thing was so amusing to me.
The resignation of Alberto Gonzales is like all the resignations under George Bush. A guy who gave rational people severe reservations when he took the job shows total ineptness and contempt for the rule of law and the American people, and it takes numerous attempts before the President finally lets him resign. Because once again in this administration, loyalty trumps ability. And Bush looks all the worse for saying that the problem is everybody outside of his administration, not his hand-picked cronies who are driving the country into the ground from the inside. It’s a shame that congress didn’t stand up to this nomination in the first place. Instead, they let Gonzales’ tenure lead to its inevitable scandals and then tried to run him out with months after months of hearings. The Justice Department and whatever is left of due process has paid the price. TWO Christmases will pass before this guy is out of office.
Find other demotivating posters at the link below. It was hard to pick my favorite, but I posted the “Stupidity” one because I thought the picture was hilarious. That's how I was holding my head about halfway through my fantasy football draft.
http://www.despair.com/index.html
It gets better. I went on the internet and found that since Unilever bought Breyer’s, they have also shrunk the size of their “half gallon” ice cream containers to 1.7 quarts and started adding fillers to their ice cream. It made me recall those Breyer’s commercials where the little kids would try to read the list of ingredients on the competitor’s cartons. The kids couldn’t read all the chemicals, but they could read the Breyer’s label because it said, “milk, sugar, vanilla,” and so on.
It turns out that people are so pissed with Unilever about the ice cream, that the Wikipedia entry for Breyer’s has been locked due to vandalism! What a tremendous innovation, to not only give people smaller amounts, but add fillers to what you do sell them to make it cheaper to produce. People get big bonuses for coming up with these ideas. It reminds me of how The Simpsons in syndication have gags cut out so they can show more commercials. You think about how it’s somebody’s job to watch a Simpson’s episode that was created by many talented and creative people and cut out 90 seconds of it so three more promos can be shown for another rerun that they show on the WB. That is precisely someone’s contribution to the entertainment industry and American society. This should be a soul-crushing occupation, but sadly I’m sure it’s not. These people could be kissed by a Dementor and just get right up, pop in a breath mint, and be on their way.
In other news, the US Open is underway and I haven’t caught any articles in the New York papers covering how expensive all the concessions are. No exaggerations do justice to the actual price of something like a sandwich at the US Open. A sandwich is like $14. Every year it’s sublime. The prices are ludicrous, people complain, the people at the US Open don’t see what the problem is. Maybe it’s not even news any more. That would be a shame because the whole thing was so amusing to me.
The resignation of Alberto Gonzales is like all the resignations under George Bush. A guy who gave rational people severe reservations when he took the job shows total ineptness and contempt for the rule of law and the American people, and it takes numerous attempts before the President finally lets him resign. Because once again in this administration, loyalty trumps ability. And Bush looks all the worse for saying that the problem is everybody outside of his administration, not his hand-picked cronies who are driving the country into the ground from the inside. It’s a shame that congress didn’t stand up to this nomination in the first place. Instead, they let Gonzales’ tenure lead to its inevitable scandals and then tried to run him out with months after months of hearings. The Justice Department and whatever is left of due process has paid the price. TWO Christmases will pass before this guy is out of office.
Find other demotivating posters at the link below. It was hard to pick my favorite, but I posted the “Stupidity” one because I thought the picture was hilarious. That's how I was holding my head about halfway through my fantasy football draft.
http://www.despair.com/index.html
2 comments:
Hey Saturday Boy, our environmental tree hugging hippy friend Marty turned me on to Stonyfield Farms organic (of course) yogurt that comes in these gigantic 32 oz. containers. That's 2 pounds of yogurt! It's less waste on the environment, and a hell of a lot of yogurt. I think Yoplait also makes tubs this big. Comes in just plain or vanilla so you'll have to mix in your own fruit. She recommends mixing in a few handfuls of your favorite (organic) Kashi for good measure. That should be plenty for a growing boy like yourself. AND - just think of the quantities you could buy at Sam's Club!
Less corn syrup, more Kashi! Mikey like! I can just imagine putting servings into Tupperware for the week every Sunday night. Quite an operation.
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