Commenter Of The Day: Grape Nuts Edition - Jalopnik Comments

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LuciferV8 — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:03:59 EST

I'm not that kind of adult. Grape Nuts taste like cardboard. With the existence of metamucil, and FiberCon and (much better tasting) oatmeal, there is quite frankly no use for that poor excuse for health food. Moreover, if you just exercise enough, you can eat just about whatever the hell you want. Growing up is easy once you figure out the hang of it.

Much in the same way, you have cars like the M5 wagon, the WRX wagon, the F150, etc. that are super fun yet easy enough to justify to the "adult".

LuciferV8

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the good dr zero — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:01:36 EST

@graverobber: Hey, it validates my trips overseas to get my requisite Cocopops that I can't get here in Norway.

the good dr zero

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thunder — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:09:22 EST

@clank-o-tron: And what's wrong with pancakes for dinner? We do it bi-weekly at my house (usually when the female spousal unit is working); the kids love it.

But you're so right about choosing carefully the moments to act like a kid. I didn't do well at that a few years back and ended up with a broken ankle. Broken bones at 40 suck. Bad.

thunder

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mechimike — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:11:58 EST

Just remember Turboner: You can live in your car but you can't drive your house.

mechimike

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AllenK — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:23:50 EST

@Ethan Allison:

I haven't seen them anywhere in quite some time. They were good,but they went through me like Sherman through Atlanta.

AllenK

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lascauxcaveman — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:43:59 EST

@Turboner: C'mon, you're still sittin' on that fence? Grow up already. You can't stockpile Coco Puffs in a car.

lascauxcaveman

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Solo_Racer — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:01:38 EST

Grape Nuts isn't that bad. Plenty of "healthy" food is as appetizing as dryer lint.

Solo_Racer

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Weather and darkness will not be an issue — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:57:18 EST

Maple Syrup!
um get the car so you can drive to Canada for cheap maple syrup?
Then get the house to stash it in.

Weather and darkness will not be an issue

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Turboner — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:29:51 EST

What about when deciding between a house and a car? ;)

Turboner

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MalFuller — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:50:25 EST

Sorry for the (nearly) double post. I wrote it once and it never showed up. Then I wrote it again and it appeared twice. The wonders of Cyberspace.

MalFuller

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MalFuller — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:48:01 EST

Grape-nuts are like Christian Scientists, they're neither grapes nor nuts.

MalFuller

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MalFuller — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:44:59 EST

Grape-nuts are sorta like Christian Scientists, they're neither grapes nor nuts.

MalFuller

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Rootski — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:38:52 EST

Grape Nuts contain neither grapes, nor nuts. Perhaps inclusion of bother would make for a much better cereal.

Rootski

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Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:07:57 EST

@mytdawg: Well, I've never been accused of being classy. Eating like Euell Gibbons will earn you a stomach ulcer, so do better for your health, mate.

Love always,
Charles

Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing

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mytdawg — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:34:57 EST

Euell Gibbons, I had forgotten about that man. Did you know you can eat a pine cone? You can but they taste like shit.

mytdawg

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Schweppes - Now with more beard — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:26:37 EST

@clank-o-tron: You need to hang out with more Dutch people. I've been getting pancakes (either regular or potato) as an evening meal my whole life.

Schweppes - Now with more beard

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mytdawg — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:52:24 EST

Oh man. You guys are spoiling me. I'd like to thank the academy for um... uh.. Oh damn. Now words fail me.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day kids.

@charles_barrett: I don't want to know what you have for breakfast pal... I'm sure there is a cheap shot in there but I'm a classy guy.

mytdawg

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wkiernan — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:40:55 EST

My pre-adult judgment is unreliable, for I was beaten as a child.

wkiernan

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Ethan Allison — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:27:51 EST

Also, they quit making Oreo O's?! Those bastards!

Ethan Allison

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Ethan Allison — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:27:32 EST

Grape nuts aren't that bad, and I'm 17.

Of course, I put a ton of sugar and maple syrup on them.

Ethan Allison

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AllenK — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:01:01 EST

All I know is that I'm mad they quit making Oreo O's and Boo-berry.

AllenK

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pitchpitch Type-Я — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:00:13 EST

@Mad_Science:

Adult self says reverse this in order to still enjoy cookie before being hospitalized.

pitchpitch Type-Я

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Package — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:53:03 EST

@Paul Y. Rocks: I'm glad somebody else saw that episode. Instant classic.

Package

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macfarlane.a — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:20:25 EST

this COTD is exactly why I'm looking at an EVO X for my next car.

macfarlane.a

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ThrashDog — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:02:32 EST

@ƂƵЯ: I wholeheartedly endorse this method of note-taking. Why, just this afternoon I looked down after ARCH 357 and discovered that my notes on Structures consisted entirely of a V8 Interceptor, a first-gen RX7, and a Hayabusa.

ThrashDog

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discontinuuity — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:56:19 EST

Man, I love Grape Nuts. They're dirt cheap, and great mixed into hot oatmeal. Plus, you can make beer out of them: [www.birkocorp.com]! Of course, I'm one of those weird people that liked broccoli growing up, so go figure.

discontinuuity

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A strolling player, now with 100% more Studebaker! — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:54:07 EST

The instant I read this I knew it would be COTD.

Call it a premonition, but I contend that I secretly select them in my head and some weird Jalopnik telepathy takes it from my head.

It doesn't always work?

A strolling player, now with 100% more Studebaker!

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bzr — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:52:27 EST

I knew where this was going the second I read the title.

@Mad_Science: And then, I'm gonna go find a construction yard and steal some plywood and cinder blocks so I can ride off it on my Huffy and pretend to be Evil Knievel (before I found out that he beat the shit out of a guy with a baseball bat). And afterwards I'm gonna draw firebreathing wedge-shaped cars with machine guns and nuclear missiles on the roof in my History notebook...oh wait, I still do that.

bzr

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Paul Y. can't think of a better, shorter handle — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:52:02 EST

@Mad_Science: Trash bag diving bells are better.

Paul Y. can't think of a better, shorter handle

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Mad_Science — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:43:42 EST

In honor of this comment, I think I'm going to use a whole batch of cookie dough to make one giant cookie tonight, but only after jumping off the roof with a trash bag for a parachute.

Mad_Science

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Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:40:41 EST

Well-played MYTDAWG... and you all know better than to get me started on any discussion involving grapes or nuts before the chillin' are tucked away snug in bed...

Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing

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Schm, lord of Torques! — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:39:11 EST

Good Comment. Although, Im sure my Adult would have been a bit uneasy about thoes Oreo-O's. Anyway, dental hygiene is for losers.

Schm, lord of Torques!

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graverobber- My Yugo Nova! — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:33:44 EST

Well earned mytdawg! Sage advice and further validation for my Frosted Flakes habit.

graverobber- My Yugo Nova!

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Paul Y. can't think of a better, shorter handle — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:28:58 EST

@Hyman Decent: [www.adultswim.com]
Truck nuts are that trendy.

Paul Y. can't think of a better, shorter handle

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clank-o-tron — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:28:05 EST

Totally agreed. Part of being an adult is deciding when you get to be a kid. We're wise enough to not do it all the time, but sometimes you just need ice cream for dinner. A little while ago, I was trying to figure out what to fix myself for dinner, and I realized I had all the components for pancakes.

The adult side of me thought "well, that's not a proper meal", but by that time my kid side was already screaming "woooooooo pancakes for dinner" and getting out mixing bowls.

I thought like a child when choosing my current car, and I love it. The only bit that sucks is cutting that check once a month....

clank-o-tron

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om Bronx de Mowgli — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:20:51 EST

It was the first comment I read today, blew my socks off, that's for sure.

om Bronx de Mowgli

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Hyman Decent — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:17:09 EST

I'd rather eat Grape-Nuts than have truck nuts.

Hyman Decent

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POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:05:41 EST

I don't get it?!?!? Perhaps it's my lack of an adult self?

Congrats to mytdawg!

POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY

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FLB — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:00:05 EST

But the kid in me is suicidal that I'll become a fat bastard.

FLB