Spinning savings

It's come to this

I went grocery shopping, and this box of cereal caught my eye: Honey Nut Spins. It’s part of Walmart’s “Great Value” brand, and a steal at $1.98.  Something about the name made me laugh.  What’s a Spin?  How does a “Spin” parallel Honey Nut “Cheerios”—which it clearly aims to imitate?  Does it mean the bee will “spin” the tube of honey-nut goodness around his waist like a hula hoop? Or will I “spin-out” after eating them? Who is responsible for this? I had to have it.

Later that night, Jake came into the kitchen and chuckled. I didn’t even have to see what he was looking at to know.  ”So it’s come to this,” he says. “Honey Nut ‘Spins.’ We can no longer afford Honey Nut Cheerios?”

Oh no, we can afford Cheerios, baby.  We’re so not like poor people.