Cadbury's Curly Wurly
I forgot to pick up my usual breakfast of a few pieces of fruit upon leaving the apartment this morning, so I had to call into a shop to buy some.
There was one girl in front of me, and she was asking about "low fat" popcorn. I had always thought that popcorn was low-fat by its nature, but anyway. Having spent a few minutes waiting, a box was opened, a normal bag was removed and it had the magic words on the packet.
Immediately, a discussion on low-fat snacks ensued.
The shopkeeper had noticed that all the girls from the nearby school were coming in and buying Curly Wurlys. For a while, he could not keep them in stock. It did seem strange, why do all girls suddenly like the same chocolate bar? What is wrong with Crunchies, or Kit-Kats, or even Star Bars?
Eventually, curiosity got the better of him. He asked a customer. The answer was brilliantly simple. Of all chocolate bars, only the Curly Wurly is 1 point on Weight Watchers, and all the girls were mindful of the daily allocation. The Curly Wurly was the chocolate treat they allowed themselves.
I think this is brilliant. This is an example of what I mean about girls being crazy, but in a highly attractive way. How can you not love a gender who thinks like that?
posted by Gynax Gallenor @ 14:23
4 Comments:
What's really strange is that you don't seem to see a problem that school girls are on a diet in the first place.
When I went to school, collecting scented paper and scrunchies was the craze du jour. Now it's eating disorders and body dismorphias.
Your question should be:
How can you not love a gender who, by the age of 15, thinks that their bodies are ugly and that food is the enemy?
OR
How can you not love a gender, that thanks to the general decline in physical activity and exercise, need to be on a diet before they reach adulthood (and in fairness - that's not just girls)?
OR
Remember when not so long ago, kids ate whatever they damn well pleased and diets were something Americans did?
Yay for prosperity.
Yeah...well, at least WW is fairly sensible.
thank you to the chameleon for stating the sad reality of this observation...but while we're on the issue, i'd just like to clarify that curly wurly's are actually TWO weight-watchers points!!!!
Ah, but they're fooling themselves
that a Curly Wurly is going to save them from the chips they'll have for dinner. If they really cared thay'd go for the zero-point Jelly-tots.
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