Posted on 02/19/2023 4:06:38 PM PST by Twotone
Amid woes of inflation and high food costs, the Wall Street Journal has suggested that perhaps Americans should skip breakfast to save money. Breakfast staples, they write, are showing massive price increases for a variety of reasons, so maybe just don't eat it.
Juices, eggs, coffee, wheat products are all at record high levels, the report states, so maybe just skip the whole thing, the Wall Street Journal suggested, perhaps taking a page from The Babylon Bee's book.
Pushback to the concept on Twitter was fierce and swift—which could have been part of the point of the WSJ's intent.
Senator John Kennedy was incredulous, remarking "Skipping meals to make ends meet? This is how badly Biden’s economy is beating down average Americans."
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give him a subscription to the “ Epoch times”.
“Lissen folks. It’s real simple. Either you have F-15s an’ nukes...or you don’t. I don’t. No lie. So we have to learn to give up things so our friends with nothin’ can have somethin’. No foolin’. For essample, I haven’t sniffed hair, grabbed someone else’s kids, or gotten handsy with a lady—even my wife, Chill—in...months. No joke. Heh! You know whattamean. Anyway. But see? I gave up something. Sweartagod. So now, issyour turn to give up things. An’ were gonna help ya. My word as a Biden. Money. Food. Cars. Guns... Whatever ya got ta give, we’re gonna take it. T’help Ukrainia. Promise.”
Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper
Fat Tuesday coming up. Blueberry pancakes, sausage and home fries for Dinner for me.
I gave up coffee and most alcohol to save
Skipping breakfast is ALWAYS a good idea, but it does sound silly in this context.
You could also skip subscribing to the Wall Street Journal to save money. (and your sanity.)
People with nothing, living off restaurant dumpster and back alley garbage who waited later in the day to find food were trend setters and didn’t realize it. No breakfast nearly every day. Also “intermittent fasting.” Another trend.
Author Henry Miller was so poor he scraped the moldy parts off food in the alley garbage and ate the sort of good parts. Also made it a point to happen to get an invitation to have dinner at various friends’ places——as many days as he could.
Yes it’s the new highly acclaimed Venezuelan Diet!
“He says it’s the most rightwing news source he can think of.”
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He should start reading articles by Substack contributors if he’s serious about getting more exposure to other views.
May all of the liberals in America follow this advice!
North Korea’s leader tells them to eat grass
Yeah...on government pay
Well, that’s the thing — he’s not really serious. He know that those people with other views are just wrong and stupid, so why should he care?? But it makes him sound awesome if it sounds like he cares.
Why skip breakfast? Just raid the dumpster at Dinkie Donuts.
Or eat muffin stumps.
Road trip.
Bugs. It’s what’s for breakfast.
Or worms. It’s whats for breakfast.
And change that old saying to: the early liberal gets the worm.
At least Marie Antoinette suggested cake.
“Let them eat cake” is the traditional translation of the French phrase “Qu’ils mangent de la brioche”
How many breakfasts do the Murdochs skip?
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