Free Stuff We All Get (in the mail), a brief history.
When you’re born: Diaper samples
When you’re a kid: Toys in the bottom of the Apple Jacks box
When you hit puberty: Feminine hygiene products (if you’re a girl, anyway)
When you go to college: Condoms (at least my campus did)
When you get old: Fiber bars and cereal. Because at this age, what’s more important than regularity?
For the record, anything that gives me “51% of my daily value of fiber” IN ONE SERVING scares the hell out of me, and I can’t help but think of this:
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Free stuff rules! I got a free razor from Gillette for my 18th. It’s actually the only thing I got that birthday, so I’ll never forget that silly thing.
Have you eaten one of those Fiber One bars? There is NO WAY they have that much fiber in them. Well, I find it hard to believe anyway. They taste like a candy bar and nothing like the other high fiber bars on the market. I read an article once, and unfortunately it didn’t name any brands, but a nutritionist didn’t believe what the box claimed, sent the bar into a lab, and found that it was no where near what the company was advertising.
I ate one this morning. It tastes like a candy bar. Too sweet.