Crackerus Jackerus

You used to get cool stuff. That was the best part of eating CJ's. The knotted mess of stale popcorn covered in brown syrup wasn't what you looked forward to. Maybe it was the three tasty peanuts they threw in. They still had the skin on them!! Open the box. Dig for that little paper covered prize. Oh yeah! I can remember getting a puzzle with the balls inside that you moved around 'til they hit a hole. It was FREE but a purchase was necessary. Technically, CJ execs, that's not free. Who cares? I was a kid. I wasn't buying. My mom was buying cigs! Why shouldn't I have a treat? No, I never thought that. Back then you didn't think things like that. This is a little off the subject. When I was a kid, kid equals ten and below, we only got one treat a week or maybe even a month. My mom would give us a couple of bucks and we would go down to Matthew's and buy a six pack of Pepsi and a bag of chips. Sometimes she would make chip dip out of cream cheese with chive and Pet milk. That was fun wasn't it? A little walk down memory lane with Cheryl. You can buy the prizes on ebay. WHO saved their prizes?? Tin prizes from the 30's? Throw that crap away. No, it will be of value someday or maybe someone valued it right then. When you don't get everything you've ever wanted little things have more significance. I wonder what the Chinese think when they are making all the worthless crap that we will buy? Do they hold up a plastic Spongebob and say, "Mom can I have this? It's so cute. Ges'sika has one." Notice the reference to names that can't be spelled normal anymore. Back to the Chinese factory. They say this in their best American accent and then they laugh. Do you think they do anything with their eyes like WE do when we say, "Herro, May I prease have some flied lice?" Wait a sec! This is about Cracker Jack prizes. Ohhhh but this does include China. That's where all the prizes are made. If there was no China maybe there would be no more CJ prizes. You'd have to eat the CJ for the candy coated popcorn, peanuts and NO prize. That's what you'd get from CrackerJack.