It's Cap'n Cruch, Not Cornflakes!!!

So me and Darren were talking last night and he thought this story would be blog-worthy... you be the judge...


So it began that he was telling me how his mom was asking him to bring her some Reynold's Wrap...
Darren: "Reynold's Wrap? What is that?"
Mom: "You know, the wrap... So I can cover this food. You know what I'm talking about! The wrap!"
D: "You mean Saran Wrap?"
M: "No, the wrap, boy!"
D: "You mean aluminum foil?"
M: "YES!"

That alone made me bust out laughing because I never understood why some people can be so specific with items they want when the situation doesn't call for it... it wasn't necessary to call it by it's proper name of Reynold's Wrap... she could have just asked for aluminum foil and it would've been cool... but on the opposite side of things it reminded of me and my uncle...

Uncle: "Why did you eat all the cornflakes?"
Hard Work: "Oh, I didn't have the cornflakes... I had Cap'n Crunch for breakfast."
U: "You did eat 'em all! With your greedy self."
HW: "What the fuck, man...? I just said I didn't eat them all so what are you talking about?"
Mom enters.
Mom: "What is all the noise about?"
U: "Your son ate all the cornflakes without worrying about leaving any for anybody else!"
HW: "Ma, he's lying his ass off! I didn't have any cornflakes for breakfast. I had the last bit of the Cap'n Crunch and that's it. I just sat here and told him that."
U: "You DID eat all them cornflakes, boy!"
HW: "What is your damn problem?"
Mom: "He calls every cereal cornflakes. He's just saying you ate the rest of the cereal."

WHAT?!?

What kind backwards ass shit is that?? Who calls every kind of cereal "cornflakes"? There's like 47,000 different varieties of cereal and you dare generalize them by calling them all by the same generic ass cereal? That's just plain ridiculous... just adding sugar to cornflakes makes it a COMPLETELY different cereal experience and you're trying to tell me that there's no discernable difference between cornflakes and Trix or cornflakes and Cap'n Crunch or cornflakes and Apple Jacks? You can't be serious, B...

That's like calling every shoe Nikes...
U: "Ay, bring them Nikes here..."
HW: "I don't see any Nikes... I see some Shelltoes right here but that's it..."
U: "That's what I'm talking about! Them Nikes..."
HW: "Nigga, those are adidas..."
U: "Whatever... just bring them Nikes here..."
HW: "What the fuck are you talkin' about?!"


We'd probably go on like that for hours...

I'm not saying you have to call it by the exact name if it's a generic brand... like Food Lion Apple Rings are still Apple Jacks when you pour them in a bowl, so that's not that serious... but come on, my dude...

CORNFLAKES?



Ya'll be easy...