Comments on: Bringing families together

By: YP

YP — Sun, 03 May 2009 06:48:57 +0000

You’re in denial.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:12:27 +0000

Kix FTW!!! that was my main cereal as a kid and today! love it.

By: Tickle My Elmo

Tickle My Elmo — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:29:19 +0000

So is Kix a cereal or something…?

By: interwebuser

interwebuser — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:58:56 +0000

Just wanted to say I also appreciated that this graph was based on a recognizable phrase and not a “Doesn’t this always happen when…” senario. Good work, way to use your brain.

By: butterflysigh

butterflysigh — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:34:55 +0000

from inside america, i can agree with your comment.

By: Zelda

Zelda — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:53:03 +0000

LOL jackass. Maybe those of us who don’t live in the US don’t know of this cereal.

By: WCIB

WCIB — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:33:02 +0000

You’re a jerk.

By: adam antichrist

adam antichrist — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:10:36 +0000

yeah welcome to this thing outside america, we call it planet earth.

By: flechett3

flechett3 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:40:36 +0000

For those of you who have no idea what kix is or don’t get the graph, this explains it all (watch till the end)

By: pony boy

pony boy — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:25:15 +0000

“Kid tested; mother approved” is the cereal’s motto…

By: elissa

elissa — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:01:53 +0000

ne’er do well.

“ne’er” being a contraction of “never.” Much worse than someone who nearly does well.

I’m the grammarian about whom your mother warned you. It’s a compulsion.

By: elissa

elissa — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:59:42 +0000

I can say that I never once tested lima beans, washing behind my ears, or the Feldman boy when I was a kid. I knew perfectly well I didn’t want to mess with any of it.

Kix, on the other hand, were great! (Still eat ‘em)

By: Thorir

Thorir — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:47:08 +0000

Unlike a lot of the front-pagers (and graphs period), this is genuinely amusing and well done. Kudos for an original idea!

Great work!

By: alaina

alaina — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:33:38 +0000

you’ll marry him and you’ll like it! Hes a doctor ya know… A DOCTOR. Better than that tattooed near do well you are running around town with.

-actual argument with my mom. *sigh*

By: Petrograd

Petrograd — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:16:25 +0000

Neither does Sweden :3

By: Kudoscat

Kudoscat — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:09:13 +0000

More information would be helpful, certainly.

However, if you take the diagram at face value, the kids simply didn’t bother to experiment with beans, the Feldman boy, or cleaning behind ears. Hence, none of those things appear in the red-shaded area.

Similarly, it would appear that mothers did not deign to explore the virtues (and vices) of BB Guns, narcotics, limiting parental authority or boogers.

The mothers may have tested these things when they were kids themselves, but unless they retested (and approved of) BB Guns, narcotics, etc. again after giving birth, those things could not possibly fall in the green-shaded area.

Also, the punchline would be utterly deflated if the red-shaded area was “kid approved.”

By: Shalindria

Shalindria — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:12:59 +0000

Yes Kix are a US product. And of course the tag line was “Kid tested, mother approved.”

By: whitey138

whitey138 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:41:39 +0000

is the feldman boy by chance named corey? in that case, the mother probably wouldnt approve since narcotics would be involved (well…actually coke but thats not the point)

By: vernacular.

vernacular. — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:47:50 +0000

i’d have to disagree with you there.
lima beans, cleaning behind ears, and the Feldman boy may have also been tested by kids, also. it would seem that these were not “kid approved,” but the caption doesn’t imply that. simply “kid tested” is a little vauge.
if we’re going to get technical.

i mean, good try and all. i still almost laughed.

By: Kiveya

Kiveya — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:16:12 +0000

See? Now this is a Venn diagram! Funny too!

By: PiMan

PiMan — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:01:57 +0000

I can’t speak for the rest of the world, but I can safely tell you that Australia doesn’t have this cereal.

By: Sunshiner

Sunshiner — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:44:49 +0000

Narcotics? wtf? That’s hilarious!
Great job! I remember seeing the commercial where the brothers were testing their height after eating spoonfuls of the stuff…because it was supposed to help you grow. My brother and I tried it, too. XD

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:10:37 +0000

Choosy moms choose Jif.

By: Cecona

Cecona — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:05:27 +0000

I thought the kid tested, mother approved thing was for Jif peanut butter. guess I’m wrong? I havent seen a Kix commercial in forever but yet I still remember that slogan.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:09:16 +0000

I like this one alot, finnally an original graph

By: durr

durr — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:30:41 +0000

i am many years removed from being a teenager and i’ve never heard of kix. even after googling it i don’t recognize it, so it’s likely specific to the US.

By: james

james — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:54:07 +0000

but i don’t like the Feldmen boy,

By: //JR

//JR — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:48:10 +0000

“narcotics” might be pushing it a bit being the rest of the subject matter is more of a younger age group in focus. Other than that, decent graph. Made me smile.

By: Villy

Villy — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:44:54 +0000

Perhaps Zelda is not American?

And yes, Kix are still around. My 3 year old stepdaughter loves them

By: bspinky

bspinky — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:36:48 +0000

my god, am i that old? someone doesn’t know what Kix is? =/
i laughed at the graph though, very original

By: ihavkittehs2

ihavkittehs2 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:19:03 +0000

Well, Zelda the First, it’s a cereal made from puffed corn and oats with sugar added. Oh wait, it’s what your parents ate for breakfast when they were your age.

By: Basch

Basch — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:18:44 +0000

Have you never been down a cereal isle in the last 15 years……or seen a television????

On a side note….nice original idea on the graph. At least I think it’s original…I haven’t seen one like this before.

By: Kudoscat

Kudoscat — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:17:18 +0000

wewt. It’s funny, relevant, and properly executed.

By: RJ

RJ — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:16:20 +0000

I wanted to laugh. I really did want to. Then I didn’t. I just stared at the screen.

Are Kix still around? Am I so old that I don’t even know that they are gone?
(I still eat cereal for dinner sometimes, so I guess I should know.)

By: Zelda

Zelda — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:11:23 +0000

First!
btw, WTF are Kix?