I'm 20 and love Coco Pops, there's no age to stop eating them. In fact I had some for breakfast this morning.
At what age should you stop eating Coco Pops?
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Originally Posted by cnbcwatcher:
“I'm 20 and love Coco Pops, there's no age to stop eating them. In fact I had some for breakfast this morning.”
“I'm 20 and love Coco Pops, there's no age to stop eating them. In fact I had some for breakfast this morning.”
Has eating coco pops turned you into a hyperactive asbo?
I go by the maxim that if Coco Pops is all I have in the house, that's what I will eat. Normally I wouldn't have them in the cupboard, but I do buy them for when my grandson comes to stay. He doesn't usually finish the box so either I or my eldest son finishes them.
I'm nearly 60 and my eldest son is nearly 40.
I'm nearly 60 and my eldest son is nearly 40.
90 year old M-I-L (on low fibre diet) eats them, one of the few low fibre foods around that she actually likes
Even when I am old and in a nursing home I shall be having them spoon fed to me by some nubile young nurse
Nom, nom, nom.
Nom, nom, nom.
I love coco pops yum yum yum!
My kids dont eat them but only because i refuse to share my boxes of coco pops with them
My kids dont eat them but only because i refuse to share my boxes of coco pops with them
I'm always a bit surprised when I see them advertised on telly being fed to young kids like it was a good thing. You might as well just give your kids a twix for breakfast or a mars bar.
The question should be at what age should people be alowed to eat this crap. I'd say it's a snack food for grown ups. Probably alright for students and stoners bot not for children.
The question should be at what age should people be alowed to eat this crap. I'd say it's a snack food for grown ups. Probably alright for students and stoners bot not for children.
Originally Posted by PamelaL:
“They're not as chocolatey as they used to be.”
“They're not as chocolatey as they used to be.”
But...but...they even turn the milk brown.
Originally Posted by PinSarla:
“Even when I am old and in a nursing home I shall be having them spoon fed to me by some nubile young nurse
Nom, nom, nom.”
“Even when I am old and in a nursing home I shall be having them spoon fed to me by some nubile young nurse
Nom, nom, nom.”
You're probably about half right there.
I don't like then and never have done, somehow the thought of eating chocolate for breakfast turns my stomach. I don't like any other chocolate cereal either although I would happily eat 'proper' chocolate later in the day.
Who says here HAS to be a maximum age limit and what gives the healthy eating nazis the right to say what people should and shouldn't eat?
Originally Posted by netcurtains:
“He doesn't like mars bars. They're too big and chewy and he's too lazy to go in for all that chewing. Some mornings he has cornflakes, some mornings pancakes or brioche rolls, some mornings he'll have porridge or weetabix, some mornings he'll have toast and marmite, he likes yogurt and fromage frais too with a banana and some mornings he'll have coco pops. Variety is the spice of life.
In my home there is no good and bad food, there's just food.”
“He doesn't like mars bars. They're too big and chewy and he's too lazy to go in for all that chewing. Some mornings he has cornflakes, some mornings pancakes or brioche rolls, some mornings he'll have porridge or weetabix, some mornings he'll have toast and marmite, he likes yogurt and fromage frais too with a banana and some mornings he'll have coco pops. Variety is the spice of life.
In my home there is no good and bad food, there's just food.”
Absolutely, everything in moderation.
As to the OP I'm 44 and I still eat coco pops occasionally and sometimes I'll even put sugar on them.
Originally Posted by paulsmithfan:
“I would say the cut of age is 24 (post student) any time after that anyone who continues to eat them I would treat with a great deal of suspicion.”
“I would say the cut of age is 24 (post student) any time after that anyone who continues to eat them I would treat with a great deal of suspicion.”
What's age got to do with it ? If you enjoy them, keep eating at whatever age.
Originally Posted by paulsmithfan:
“They are meant for children”
“They are meant for children”
What do you mean by "meant for children"? You mean because Kellogg's marketing department say so?
Why listen to a bunch of idiots on an internet forum, or indeed anyone else for that matter? If you want to eat to Coco Pops, go pour yourself a bowl and get stuck in.
On that note, I'm off to get some Coco Pops. And Frosties.
On that note, I'm off to get some Coco Pops. And Frosties.
Originally Posted by Monkfeesh:
“Why listen to a bunch of idiots on an internet forum, or indeed anyone else for that matter? If you want to eat to Coco Pops, go pour yourself a bowl and get stuck in.
On that note, I'm off to get some Coco Pops. And Frosties.”
“Why listen to a bunch of idiots on an internet forum, or indeed anyone else for that matter? If you want to eat to Coco Pops, go pour yourself a bowl and get stuck in.
On that note, I'm off to get some Coco Pops. And Frosties.”
you could smoke whilst you are at it and rub mercury into your iris at the same time
Whenever I keep seeing Coco Pops I think of CoCo Wheats, which is nasty. http://www.littlecrowfoods.com/products/cocowheats/
Yuck!
Way to be literal haha! We have an energy drink for sale here in the US, called Cocaine. http://www.drinkcocaine.com/
Yuck!
Originally Posted by silentNate:
“You give your son cocaine?
”
“You give your son cocaine?
”
Way to be literal haha! We have an energy drink for sale here in the US, called Cocaine. http://www.drinkcocaine.com/
Originally Posted by molliepops:
“Shouldn't be allowed to start eating them until you can read and understand what is in them, hopefully by then you would know better anyway”
“Shouldn't be allowed to start eating them until you can read and understand what is in them, hopefully by then you would know better anyway”
Like smoking cigarettes then?
I'm in my mid 20's and still buy a box of coco pops every other week or so. Plus I sprinkle extra sugar on top.
Originally Posted by Skip_Tech:
“you could smoke whilst you are at it and rub mercury into your iris at the same time
”
“you could smoke whilst you are at it and rub mercury into your iris at the same time
”
Why not indeed? I would think that's stepping things up a couple of notches really, but some might argue that yes, adults eating cereals that are primarily marketed at children is essentially just as inappropriate as the above activities.
Originally Posted by Skip_Tech:
“you could smoke whilst you are at it and rub mercury into your iris at the same time
”
“you could smoke whilst you are at it and rub mercury into your iris at the same time
”
Well, if you're gonna do that you may as well go the whole hog and throw in a line of charlie and some auto-erotic asphyxiation too!
Seriously, way to over-exaggerate.
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