Have you seen that
Progresso Soup
commercial where a couple has just finished cleaning out the garage
after sending their last child off to college? It follows the usual
course of Progresso commercials: A person exerts themselves then
decides to have some soup to replenish. (I know after exhausting
myself the first thing I always want is a nice hot bowl of flavored
water.) They go to the kitchen, grab a can of Campbell's
Soup, and begin warming it up only to have some smirking fool see
it and berate them for eating a "children's soup." Some typical lines
are "We're not kids anymore," or "What are you? Five?!"
True to form, the
husband goes inside, gets down some Campbell's Soup, and begins
preparing it, only to have his wife come in and patronizingly say,
"Honey, the kids are gone!"
Yep, we
adults eat Progresso.
Despite seeing
these commercials for years, it wasn't till this one that the true
message came flying out at me. "What are you doing with that crap we
feed the kids? Get down the good stuff!!"
So, gentle reader,
allow me to let you down easy with a little home truth: If you ate
Campbell's Soup as a child -- your parents hate you.