Little Debbie snacks. Why do they exist? Why do they sell whole boxes for a little over $1? Why is it so easy to justify buying something that's only $1? What is it about those wonderfully scrumptious cookie snacks that leaves you with a particular hollow feeling when you don't have any? What makes you look twice, thrice (or at least until you finally put them in your shopping cart) at that horrible corner in the grocery where all the Little Debbies live? I think it's drugs. Or perhaps an over-indulgent mother whose casual "go ahead and get them" is all the excuse I need to overcome a feeble conviction not to buy empty calories.
Come to think of it, are they really empty calories? Maybe I should quantify fullness in more than chemically nutritional values. After all, a human is much more than chemistry. Maybe Little Debbie will hire me for their marketing department.
4 comments:
Hil,
I love your piece about Fudge Rounds.
You've communicated your inner struggle in a way that I know exactly
what you mean--I've been there before!
Now, let me nit pick...'cause I'm curious to know (since you're the English major, not me). Does particular modify "hollow" or "feeling"? Should it be particular or particularly? Hah! Let me know...
I think I meant it to be a particular feeling, as opposed to an unparticular feeling, and threw hollow in there to further describe the feeling. If it were "particularly," the effect would be to intensify the sense of hollowness, but my intent was to identify that special feeling that comes from a lack of Little Debbie snacks. So, thankfully, I am justified in my use of "particular" as opposed to "particularly." Thanks for keeping me on my toes. whew....
Well...I'm glad to know now. Had any Little Debbie's lately?
I really like there oatmeal cream pies...djdm mom
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