[Here are a few phrases I’ve found useful over the years to evaluate,
students, fellow teachers, administrators and staff]
You sound reasonable…Time to up my medication
How about never? Is never good for you?
I see you’ve set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in public.
Someday, we’ll look back on this, laugh nervously and change the subject.
I will always cherish the initial misconceptions I had about you.
Ahhh…I see the screw-up fairy has visited us again…
I’m already visualizing the duct tape over your mouth.
The fact that no one understands you doesn’t mean you’re an artist
I don’t know what your problem is, but I’ll bet it’s hard to pronounce.
Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental.
What am I? Flypaper for freaks!?
I like you. You remind me of when I was young and stupid.
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BREAKFAST FOOD FIGHT ANSWERS
Multiple Choice Questions
1. 46% of Frosted Flakes are consumed by adults.
2. KELLOGG’S produces four the top five most popular cereals in America.
3. An ice cream dessert bar has about 20% sugar content. Sugar Smacks has
about 60% sugar content.
4. The breakfast cereal CHEERIOS is famous for spending more on advertising
than any other single food product.
5. The uniform of the captain on a Captain Crunch box shows he is really the
rank of COMMANDER.
6. “Elijah’s Manna” was a successful US cereal, but British law forbid its
sale as sacrilegious, so the company changed the name to POST TOASTIES.
7. OAT has more protein than whole wheat.
8. If all the shredded wheat biscuits were lined up end-to-end they would
CIRCLE THE EARTH TWICE.
9. Children’s cereals average 45% sugar; adult cereals average 10%.
10. The average American family has 12 open boxes of cereal in the cupboards
at any time.
Bonus: Sales of ready-to-eat cereal in 2012 were about $11.3 BILLION.
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Dr Bob Griffin
[email protected] www.grif.net
“Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!”