what's wrong with the world is, nobody gets excited about ketchup. unless you're 2- and a half years old.
when charlie and olivia returned from lunch at mcdonald's with their daddy yesterday, i asked them what they had gotten to eat. (as if i didn't already know.....you mean to tell me that mcdonald's makes hamburgers, too? not just chicken nuggets? huh. i gotta get out more.)
so, anyway, i asked them what they had gotten to eat and olivia said, "chicken nuggets!" - as if it was thee most amazing fact on earth and charlie said, "and fries!" - in an attempt (successful) to put skinny potatoes in the same elite category as a little chicken that'd been chopped to smithereens.
and then.........about 2 seconds later, charlie said, "and KETCHUP!!!!!!!!!!!!"
and olivia jumped up and down and said, "yeah, grammy......KETCHUP!!!!!!!!!!"
and i wondered to myself......when was the last time i got excited over.....ketchup.
and then i remembered when ronald reagan tried to say that ketchup counts as a vegetable in school lunches cuz it's made out of tomatoes.
and then i remembered when carly simon sang "anticipation" for the heinz ketchup folks and how that commercial just drove me nuts........waiting and waiting and waiting for that ketchup to come out.
and it was then that i realized............life's short. why wait?
let's have KETCHUP.....
NOW!
