Remembering Euell Gibbons' Grape Nuts commercials

[Gyrofrog]

@boingboing

I also found the name confusing, as they were neither grapes nor nuts

Same here! I’ve wondered about that for most of my life.

Also,

Ikea's Swedish meatballs? Totally NOT Swedish

“The ringworm is neither a ring nor a worm. It is a fungus.” “The fish stick is neither a fish nor a stick. It is a fungus.” – Matt Groening (I couldn’t find the comic for this online)

@allenk

My father, too, liked munching on gravel in the morning

Mine too! He also liked Wheat Germ (though not with Grape-Nuts). Now he’s GF…

Speaking of munching on gravel,

Clickhole spent a day slandering Cap'n Crunch

I remember a short film on The Tonight Show, in 1981 or so, in which a pair of hands held up a shredded wheat biscuit. A voice, off-screen, said “some people eat this.” The hands then proceeded to pour scouring powder on the biscuit and scrub a sink with it.