We all know what Altoids are, right?
They’re those breath fresheners with the slogan "the Original Celebrated Curiously Strong Peppermints". I think they also come in flavors other than peppermint, but it’s their slogan, so we’ll all just have to deal.
Anyways, this little motto of theirs got me thinking:
Do I really want to eat something that’s curiously strong. In fact, do I want my food to be curiously anything?
"Hmm…this fish is curiously rancid. And this potato. Well, it curiously tastes like lead paint."
Then again, food is kind of boring. I mean, it just sits there on your plate not doing anything. Maybe if it were curious about things, food would be more interesting. It could ask you questions about life. You could have long talks, and go for walks on the beach under the moonlight.
But then it would probably get curious about when you were going to settle down, get married and start a family. Then you’d be all:
"I wish my food was boring again."
So, back to my original point: we’re probably all safer, happier and less inclined to get involved in long term relationships with food when it’s just food and isn’t curiously anything…
Note: Harris and Porter contributed to this thought…but not a whole helluva lot. That’s for damn sure.