There used to be a Shreddies commercial that my brother, step-mother and I riffed on with each other. Our step-mommy is francophone, so she always had a bit of trouble with it. The trick with this routine is that if you start it, you're stuck with most of the lines. So you didn't say "You're weird, Lefty" in our house, unless you intended to back it up. Unfortunately saying "You're weird Lefty" was one of step-mommy's favourite lines.
The commercial went like this:
Kids coming home from school, to friends' house. Eating Shreddies. Lefty is making a Shreddies sandwich. His companions express disgust.
Kid whose house it is: You're weird Lefty.
Lefty: I always eat Shreddies sandwiches.
Kid: Not in MY house.
At the end you see all the friends leaving the house.
Kid: And don't slam--
BANG!
--the door.
You have to say "the door" in a particular, hang-dog, pouty manner. Step-mommy did like saying that part.
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What in the world is a Shreddy?
Good Lord! My sweet little American friend, I didn't realize this was a cultural difference. Or maybe it's just a cereal-eating difference.
It's cereal.
http://www.diamondshreddies.ca/
It's shaped like a square. And in the last couple years they had a great ad campaign about their radical decision to start shaping them like diamonds!! (With pretend "man on the street" interviews.)
Huh, no, we don't have those. We have something that resembles them called Life. I assumed it was a cereal just based on the concept of shredded wheat (Mini Wheats here), but then I didn't understand the sandwich routine.
Certainly, they might carry them in some border states, I guess.
There just a little less sweet than Life, but similar concept.
Thank you SOOOO much for posting this! I just used the "You're weird, Lefty" line on my American wife and she didn't get the reference. Until now, I didn't realize that Americans didn't have Shreddies.
Thank you SOOOO much for posting this! I just used the "You're weird, Lefty" line on my American wife and she didn't get the reference. Until now, I didn't realize that Americans didn't have Shreddies.
Thank you SOOOO mych for posting this! I just used the "You're weird, Lefty" line on my American wife and she didn't get the reference. Until now, I didn't realize that Americans didn't have Shreddies.
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