All of the wonderful 'nostalgia' threads and debate threads--such as Skippy versus Jiff, Miracle Whip v. Mayo, Mustard v. Ketchup on hot dogs, McDonald's versus Burger King, and so forth, plus the kid nostalgia threads really took me back in my memory to how judgmental kids can be about silly things like Coke versus Pepsi, 7-Up versus Sprite. When you're a kid you tend to assume your way/ your family's way of doing things is the 'right way.'
For example, I remember going to a friend's house in kindergarten and seeing that they had a giant jar of Jiff, and thought 'don't they know that Skippy is the CORRECT brand to buy' and when I saw houses with Peter Pan, I was shocked (I was from a Skippy home, as you see, although ironically today I am an all-natural girl). Ditto with people who went to the 'wrong' fast food place (Burger King), people who put ketchup on hot dogs and those who (gasp) ordered strawberry sundaes at McDonald's (Even then I thought that was 'childish' as I was a confirmed chocolate no-nuts kid, although I also found people who ordered the caramel with nuts to have the most superior palates, and I envied their greater delicacy).
All of these are so silly, of course--but I was wondering what yours were, and do any of them linger? This is tongue-in-cheek, btw, I know no one is really like 'oh no, a Miracle Whip person--one of THEM' but if you think those type of thoughts for 3 seconds before lapsing back into rationality, post it here!
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