Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Give Grandma Her Dang Doughnut!

This article describes the decision by officials in New York to stop accepting doughnuts, cakes, and other pastries for distribution to the elderly. The county officials are concerned that they're setting a bad precedent by providing sweets to senior citizens.

Gimme a break. Don't you reach a point in life where you're old enough to do anything that makes you happy so long as it's legal and not harmful to anyone else? Isn't that one of the privleges of age? Educate Grandma about good nutrition--if she wants to hear it--then if it makes her happy, let her eat doughnuts for three meals a day and snacks in between.

2 comments:

Craig said...

My Grandpa said, "When you eat healthy you don't live any longer, it just feels like it."

TheAdjunct said...

Since no one else has done so, I'm going to challenge the spelling of donut. I might have to use my southern scrabble dictionary to win the challenge, but I don't like your version.


With all due respect.