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[ForestMaven]

Resting this afternoon and, for lack of anything else on TV, I watched Extreme Couponning.

First of all, one woman came home with enough cake mix to make birthday cakes for her 4 kids for the next 15 years. Hasn't she heard of expiration dates? These mixes were going on a shelf, not into a freezer, which means that she may be making birthday cakes in 3 years or so that are not good for the family. This wasn't a case of someone inviting the poor in for free food, either.

Second, a woman and husband came home with 60 jars of hot sauce.

Is greed involved in the couponning?

Almost any food in the supermarket has an expiration date; just wondering if people are aware of it. At least the Mormons, with their food storage, have special containers for the things they store that ordinarily would spoil (grains, beans, etc.).

Of the four couples featured in the two shows, half of them were overweight. I wonder if there's a compulsion to eat foods even when not hungry just because they're there?

Lastly, almost everyone, including the show's producers, is pronouncing "coupon" wrong. It's a French word and shouldn't be called KEW pon. It's COO pon.

Enough of my rant.