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This prompt took me straight to FOOD. Maybe it’s because I just listened to “I’m Glad My Mom Died” by Jennette McCurdy—the bestselling memoir about a child star with an abusive mother and a really major eating disorder.
Having it all can mean the entire pint of ice cream, the whole row of Oreos, the full bag of chips. And yes, sadly, it is attainable.
Not to make light of eating disorders, but do my fellow GenXers remember those ubiquitous Alka-Seltzer ads? Before the famous “plop, plop, fizz, fizz” jingle, there was this guy (and his long-suffering wife) saying “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing.”
To this day, I don’t think I’ve ever taken an Alka-Seltzer. They say it’s for “upset stomach and headache,” which sounds like code for a hangover. Did Madison Avenue intend for adults to read between the lines? Have you ever taken an Alka-Seltzer? And if so, was it because you were hung?
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I have never needed to take one. I can remember them being in the cupboard ine time when I was a kid, so I don’t know which parent may have had one. But with regards to my mum, certainly not from being hung over.
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Interesting. So at least one of your parents used them, but you never did. Same here. I saw them in the medicine closet.
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I remember the “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing ” 😅 and I don’t remember ever using it either!
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Haha. Thanks for commenting Brian!
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I’ve taken Alka Seltzer cold medicine before, but that doesn’t count in this context. 🙂 Also don’t remember that commercial though. 🙂
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Interesting! So you actually took it for cold symptoms, not a hangover. You must be too young to have seen that ad. It was on a lot. 😉
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I think I also didn’t watch much TV in my younger years. I do remember plop plop fizz fizz!
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The only use for them is to help with hangovers, so yeah I have.
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Hahaha Ernie! Just as I thought 😉 thanks for confirming
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Those were great commercials! Especially I can’t believe I are the whole thing! I don’t think anybody in my family ever tried it. As a kid, it just looked like fun because of the song. Really? Hangovers? I had no idea! If I’d known that….
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Hahaha 😂
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