There were times that I would go to the grocery store with my Mom when I was a child, and ask for certain foods. Most of them were patently unhealthy but quite delicious.
Mom would always say “When you’re an adult and making your own money, you can eat whatever you want.”
Every Halloween, General Mills would release their “Monster Cereals”, of which, my favorite was always Count Chocula. I LOVE Count Chocula and would constantly pester Mom for it.
Mom’s would counter “When you’re all grown up and making your own money, you can eat Count Chocula for breakfast, lunch and dinner!”
You’re goddam right, I can!
However, Mom also said that “Man cannot live on Count Chocula alone.”rnrn
Again, Mom was right.
Jim Says: “And after I’m done, I’ll make a fort out of the goddam boxes.”
