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Wasn't Kellogg a religious nut and invented the cornflake to stop people masturbating?

Anyway, I putting a link to this Entry in the History of Food & Drink wing of the h2g2 Historical Society:

http://www.h2g2.com/A261613

ROFL
How?

Have you ever tried to masturbate and eat cornflakes at the same time?
It's not easy.

The less milk you use the better. Or try them in a butty

I suppose it depends how imaginative you are! Wasn't Matthew Broderick(?) about Dr Kellog a few years ago? I never actually saw it but I do remember a poster at Tufnell Park tube station for A-G-E-S. Weetabix were invented for people with no teet, as well, presumably you had to soak them in milk first or they wouldn't be much cop. Coca cola was a 'tonic' ( you can see the logic in that one). That's how I justify 6 cans a day, it's medicine.

I meant wasn't Matthew... IN A FILM about... I always find it useful to leave the most important words out of a sentence.

AHHH, Corn Flakes...my favourite drain-clogging breakfast food...

In response to how, I believe Kellogg's reasoning (such as it was) was that the crunchiness of the cereal would sublimate the desire to ... ahem, ermm, yes.

The movie was "The Road to Welleville" (at least it was here in the states - not sure about internationally). Also starring Sir Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, Dana Carvey, John Cusack, Colm Meaney, and Camryn Manheim. I thought it was rather funny, though the critcis didn't agree. Dr John Harvey Kellogg (W K 's brother, played by Hopkins) runs a health farm, is obsessed with, uh, intestinal health, and preaches his brand of healthy living to his patients (including Mr & Mrs Lightbody, played by Broderick and Fonda).

Personal favorite quote:

Kellogg: Give Mr Lightbody fifteen gallons of yoghurt.
Lightbody: Oh, no, I can't eat fifteen gallons of yoghurt.
Kellogg: Oh, it's not going in that end, Mr Lightbody.

My offspring like cornflakes covered in chocolate and made into little cake-type things!

You know, I've recently spotted Cadbury's chocolate with cornflake bits (among other bits) in them...

Are you certain that's whay they were???

Perhaps you shouldn't have eaten them? Are you feeling okay?

I like to drench my cornflakes in milk and leave them for 5 minutes so as they go really soggy. The crunchiness annoys me it makes too much noise in my head.

With all of this generally positive stuff about Kellogg's, it is with great sadness that I must share the news with you that all Kellogg's products are currently banned from our house. At the moment, Kellogg's have entered into sponsorship with a company called the NRL who have committed outrageous attrocities in the well-loved game of Rugby League in Australia. There are a large number of people who refuse to purchase any products from companies that deal with the NRL or it's affiliated companies (including what used to be one of the highest selling news papers as it is owned by the NRL's founding company News Corp) and it is unfortunate that Kellogg's is one of them. Sorry about all of this, but this has become a very serious and sensitive issue at the moment and I had to share my opinion on it all.

Perhaps I should have said that I only saw it in the supermarket and it was going under the name Afghan. Since the other bits, (I think) were coconut and biscuit bits, that's where I decided to leave it. It's not like I just dropped a piece of chocolate down the back of the sofa. Rest assured, Gwennie, when I do, I always thoroughly check my food before eating it.

When I was a kid....yeah, not that long ago (ahhemmm) I went to a birthday party where they had the most discusting 'treat' which was cornflakes and honey in paper patty-cups. No redeeming features at all and the paper cups even turned to mulch as you tried to suck the honey out!

I am and always have been a huge fan of chocolate crackles made with Kellog's rice bubbles. yummo!

Sorry to hear about the sponsorship thingee....

Has anyone ever eaten cornflakes (or other crunchy cereals) in bed and then had all the crumbs to sleep on (or with)? Isn't it annoying?

Never mind noises in your head - strange noises in your bed instead!

Why do I always have to lower the tone of a conversation???

Exactly how are you eating the cornflakes? In the bowl, not at it.

The only advantage to living by yourself is that you can eat anything you like in bed. I would caution against mangoes, though as it seems to be impossible to get the juice stains out of the sheets.

Isn't that the point of living by yourself? Who cares about the stains, right?

About that "Road to Wellville" stuff, amazingly, the idea hasn't gone away. Marylou (Marylin?) Henner, the token chick on the '70's sitcom "Taxi," is now trying to pass herself off as a dietician/health guru, and the heart of her regime is a battery of colonics, along with foods designed to make one...errr...defecate freely and often. I think she believes that powerful bowel muscles are the true road to health. I think she ought to try a treadmill first.