The Christmas catalogs seem to arrive every day now. And while I buy very little from the catalogs, I do a fair amount of looking. Call me a finger shopper. Not that I’m shopping for new fingers or anything, but it is so much easier to turn pages in the comfort of ones bathroom, uh, reading room. Plus I can enjoy a nice beer while looking for gift ideas. Some ideas took more beer than others to come up.
So yesterday, the Costco 2011 Holiday Online Only Offers catalog/flier showed up. The title is a bit wordy, but that’s their call. The first couple pages have the typical holiday ‘ish items. Fruit baskets, cookie and candy collections, and multi flavored popcorn packs. And then I hit page 5.
A Vegetarian Emergency Food Supply . Check out this mouth watering description: ” 275 servings in a weatherproof bucket. Up to a 20-year shelf life. Now with enhanced flavors and increased nutritional value”
My very first thought was, where the hell is the beer in this emergency supply ? I mean no one can expect to survive on this crap without some beer to wash it down with. Even if it does have enhanced flavors. And notice they aren’t saying the enhanced flavors are good, just that they are present. I guess it sounds better than ” the bad flavors are now even more noticeable with this bucket o’food.” But the 20-year shelf life does sound impressive. Wonder how those ‘enhanced’ flavors are in 20 years ?
If anyone gets me this for a gift, I’m telling you right now. I’m emptying the food out and putting beer in the bucket. You survive your way, I’ll survive my way.