Cereal Box Reviews

Reading is important. I know because I heard a celebrity say so on TV. But it is hard to find time for reading, so I recently set a goal to get up just a few minutes earlier each morning and take the time to read. And what could be handier for morning reading than the cereal box right in front of my face?

Cocoa Puffs

My mother would not let me have these when I was a child, so of course, now I love them. In the grocery store I would stare at that cartoon bird on the box while my mother bought Froot Loops. Why were Froot Loops ok and Cocoa Puffs not? "Simple." My mother would say. "Froot is good for you."

Now, years later, the bird is still a prominent feature on the box. What sort of bird is it? The bird himself has been heard to say that he is 'cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs'. Presumably that means that he is a cuckoo. Although cuckoos in the encyclopedia do not have opposable thumbs, nor do they speak English.

I am a grown-up now and I am not so easily manipulated by advertising. For example; I do not like Cocoa Puffs merely because some barely identifiable feathered freak enjoys them to the point of self-proclaimed dementia. I say the Puffs stand on their own merit. I have eaten almost a whole box of them while working on this paragraph. Don't worry though. Since I publish these reviews the cereal is tax deductible.I must say the box does a good job of presenting the puffs in a way that makes you want to eat them. This is no small accomplishment since Cocoa Puffs, in real life, look a lot like rabbit turds.