Seriously.
Taken from NPR:
"If you've got kids between age 5 and 15, you're probably already aware of a pernicious red menace that's sweeping the nation these days -- Flamin' Hot Cheetos. That's right, the snacks, introduced in 1991 by Frito-Lay (which also makes Original Cheetos, the nation's best selling extruded cheese-flavored snack), have exploded in popularity over the last few years. All over America, school kids can be seen stumbling around in Cheeto-induced dazes. Their eyes watery, their mouths ringed with the atomic red powder that gives the Cheetos their zest."
They went and visited a school in Pasadena, CA and talked to the kids about Flamin' Hot Cheetos and I seriously can't believe how crazy the kids sound over the Cheetos! Listen for yourselves here.
I never had ANY CLUE that Cheetos were such a big issue for schools! I mean, I don't have any kids but, I guess I never thought that an artificially flavored cheesy chip-like snack could take over schools and ruin lives! In fact, after listening to this report this morning I figured that NPR had nothing to report post-elections and were making things up, this can't really be true...can it?
So, I ask my girl Cassie who works for LA Unified School District as a literacy coach:
Me: let me ask you a random question
Cassie: haha ok
Cassie: let me give you a random answer
Me: are flaming hot Cheetos a big problem in your schools?
Me: have you heard about this?
Cassie: um YES
Cassie: stupid Cheetos
Me: dude I'm writing a blog about this
Cassie: tell Newman not to let his daughter eat them
Me: i heard about it on the radio it's so bizarre
Cassie: they have red dye #5 or whatever which causes add
Cassie: and they're toxic
Cassie: BAD and they smell
Me: I really can't believe this
Cassie: and kids smear the orange crap EVERYWHERE
Cassie: hate those stupid hot Cheetos
Cassie: i used to outlaw them in my classroom
Me: I heard a report this morning on the radio and they said it's a "janitorial nightmare"
Cassie: it really is
Me: they referred to them as "the red menace"
Cassie: they leave this orange film
Cassie: EVERYWHERE
Me: it sounds like a very serious issue sweeping the nation
Cassie: ew, even the smell makes me mad
Me: LOL, I love hot Cheetos
Cassie: i HATE them
Me: but i can't eat a lot of them, it would take me all day to eat a bag
Cassie: they're the worst
Cassie: kids show up with the jumbo bag for a SNACK
Cassie: and we wonder why we have a childhood obesity problem?
Cassie: i mean, REALLY?
Me: these kids were screaming "I get crazy when I eat Hot Cheetos, I just LOOOOOVEEEE Hot Cheetos"
Cassie: it's awful. you have no idea
Cassie: those things are the devil
Cassie: even the smell give me anxiety
Me: And teachers called into the radio show and said kids bring huge bags and at recess they all huddle around the flaming hot Cheetos and some kids dip them in cream cheese like it's a bagel + cc for breakfast
Cassie: yup
Cassie: so gross
So random, has anyone else heard about this? It's just one of those things like when I heard that pirates were a very serious issue off the coast of Africa. I mean WHO KNEW that pirates were really out looting and holding people and vessels hostage? Now that's all I hear about are pirates here and there taking over the world.
I bet the pirates are eating Flamin' Hot Cheetos.
17 comments:
OMG I used to (and still occasionally) eat those. This explains a lot. Hm.
i heart fhc, except for the fact that they make you sh*t red.
I think kids need something more to do with their lives.
omg....you quoted my IM....HAHA! seriously, those hot cheetos are disgusting! ewewewew!
i heard it on kroq and i almost peed my pants from laughing.
"they make your booty burn"
Cheeots are awesome. Especially when they get all over keyboard and yout IT department makes you pay for a new one.
Not that that's happened to me.
WTF is right. Yuck.
Newsflash parents - A big bag of Cheetos is NOT an appropriate school snack!
WTF?? Is Frito Lay lacing the Hot Cheetos with crack? Seriously, I have no idea what the hell the allure is and I can't believe that NPR found it to be news worthy (and that I'm listening to the story right this very second).
I just thought you were being a smartass, but holy crap, this is REAL? Ugh, kids are so retarded.
Ewe I hate those things so much. My ex use to eat themall the time and he would kiss me smelling like them. Ughh makes me wanna gag.
Totally agree they are the devil. My little cousins eat them, and they are gross. This thing about ADD makes so much sense now!
Next thing you know they're going to make Red Hot Funyuns.
Wait. That sounds awesome.
I've never had them. I'll have to try.
but really, this is the first time I've ever heard about.
argh
This is insane. Cheetos are a big problem in schools?? Hell in a handbasket. That's all I have to say.
And I'm totally with you on the pirate thing. That came out of nowhere. The first time I heard a news story about pirates, I thought it was a joke, and now they're everywhere. My question is - what's the next big problem? Unicorns?
Having no idea about this trend makes me feel old...
WTF....Cheetos and school boards and pirates make the news WTF is going on. I love Cheetos god bless cheetos. Good blog.
WTF
JB
LOL, I'm a freshman in high school and ohh man. Hot cheetos were all the rage in 5th grade. We were literally like addicted to them. & To be honest, that kid wit the big bag of hot cheetos, became popular. Haha.
I'm not even joking.
Now that I think about it, they probably have some kind of addictive ingredient in there.
There's no way it's just the taste.
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