Thursday, August 28, 2008

Gross drinks and misspellings (<--??)

First let me give you some background... My wife did a great job of breastfeeding our son, but the time had come to transition him into the real world, where women do not freely offer their breasts just because you whine or cry. So naturally we tried to give him formula, his verdict was "I'd rather starve". So she talked to a relative of hers that was a pediatrician and he recommended adding Nesquik to the formula in order to mask the taste and sweeten it up a bit. The boy saw right through this and still refused to drink the formula. Finally the doctor suggested Soy Milk, and he's been hooked since, but I digress...

The fact is we've had this powdery concoction sitting in our pantry for the last six months just collecting dust. I had forgotten all about it, until my son, remembering the deception, decided to exact his revenge. He dumped about 2/3 of it all over our kitchen floor. Now a while back I had to clean a similar mess and it was not fun. Brooms don't work because the crap is so sticky, and the vacuum doesn't work because it's tile (instead you get your toes sandblasted from the stuff coming back at you...HARD). Again, I digress...

I was thirst and don't really drink milk unless its on my spoon as I'm eating cereal, so in order to up my calcium, I thought... hey I'll give it a try, it's been a while. So I make a glass of the sugary drink and take a gulp... yeah kinda gross. I think to myself, "If I pretend its a melted milkshake..." and take another swig. It helped but then I had this epiphany... why do I have to convince myself that a treat is another treat just to enjoy it. So I dumped it out and moved on with my day. I guess I should have expected that considering Nesquik can't spell quick correctly and their mascot is named after hasty sex (Quicky)!

5 comments:

RenderingRisch said...

so umm you didn't specify if the nesquik you used came from the floor or what was left in the can?

Brandon said...

@ renderingrisch: well the top parts weren't actually touching the floor... of course I used the can!

Natali said...

Now you know why it's been in the cabinet so long...

undermind77 said...

Wow. I can't believe my own brother would disrespect the Q. I can remember when we were young and would walk two miles just to get a hit of the Q.

Brandon said...

@: nicholas: whoa whoa whoa... let me reiterate here. I'm talking about strawberry quik. I'm still cool with chocolate. It kills Hershey's (and 25% less sugar!)