JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> "kilikini" > wrote in message
> ...
>> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>>> "kilikini" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> cybercat wrote:
>>>>> "kilikini" > wrote
>>>>>>> You don't need to take a statistics course to know when
>>>>>>> someone's making a general statement that's based on nothing
>>>>>>> but fairy tales.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My husband works construction, has only a 1/2 hour for lunch,
>>>>>> and I make sure to pack him a snack and a lunch every day.
>>>>>> Allan doesn't eat fast food. The only time he may eat it, is
>>>>>> when his boss happens to pick burgers
>>>>>> or subs up and drops them off at the jobsite for the guys. None
>>>>>> of his co-workers eat fast food either. They all have the
>>>>>> foresight to pack a lunch. Maybe they're not the norm, but
>>>>>> that's what they do.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If you re-read my original post, you will see that I said that
>>>>> construction workers and mechanics are the guys they are aiming
>>>>> the ads at.
>>>>>
>>>>> What gross generalization is that based on? The hardhats and
>>>>> garages etc in the commercials. In other words it is obvious who
>>>>> they are aiming the commercial at.
>>>>>
>>>>> I also said that men who work jobs such as these are more likely
>>>>> than I
>>>>> am to eat fast food, and that I eat fast food once or twice a
>>>>> month.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is that a gross generalization? From the comments I hear online
>>>>> and in the real world, fully MOST people eat fast food more than
>>>>> once or twice a month.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would have answered Joe's post but I have him killfiled.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe the norm construction crew eats fast food. I don't know. I
>>>> just pack
>>>> a lunch for my hubby because he's only got 1/2 hour for lunch and
>>>> it's cheaper if I make him sandwiches or give him leftovers. He's
>>>> happy, he shares with the crew, they share with him, they get a
>>>> medly of flavors and everyone gets full. Perhaps the way his crew
>>>> works isn't the average, but they all get excited at lunch time
>>>> because they all share. It's fun having
>>>> my husband come home to the news that the lunch I packed for him
>>>> beat out the rest. :~)
>>>>
>>>> kili
>>>
>>> It probably tastes better because of who made it for him, if you
>>> know what I mean. Know what I mean?
>>
>> I do. It's the food-tastes-better-if-someone-else-makes-it
>> syndrome. I'm very familiar with it. :~)
>>
>> kili
>
>
> You knucklehead! It's not just somebody else. FWAP! See Margaret's
> wisdom for more info.

I've been schooled. :~)

kili <-------- hanging head sheepishly