The snotty paella-hating kid Verizon commercial

[Timstuff]

I just looked up what Paella is, and found out that the kid is an even bigger dumbass than I thought.



I see rice, peas, peppers, mussles, shrimp, and sausage. Seriously, I heard my stomach groan just looking up pictures of it. Maybe the commercial wouldn't be so offensive if it ended with the mom sending the little turd a picture of the Paella instead of ordering a pizza for the no-good brat.

 

[Knightsaber Priss]

My mom used to force us to eat whatever she was fixing, and alot of that was really gross stuff like chipped cod on toast and Calf liver. The thing that she used to bribe us with was a wonderful dessert.

P.S. Paella looks really, really good to me.

 

[terry78]

Basically if you don't want what she cooked, you find your own food. At about age 17, if I didn't want it, I just usually made my own ****.

 

[Ion Kenshin]

Not to mention. Where is the rest of this family. Unless she is a single parent of an only child. If not...just because one kid said he wasn't eating it she orders a pizza. What if the rest of the family wanted paella?

 

[batsone]

well whoever that pr1ck is waiting for should leave his a** there and have his serving of paella.

 

[terry78]

I just looked up what Paella is, and found out that the kid is an even bigger dumbass than I thought.



I see rice, peas, peppers, mussles, shrimp, and sausage. Seriously, I heard my stomach groan just looking up pictures of it. Maybe the commercial wouldn't be so offensive if it ended with the mom sending the little turd a picture of the Paella instead of ordering a pizza for the no-good brat.

****, I would have to pay like 16 bucks for something like that in a downtown Chi resturant.

 

[Doctor Jones]

That looks pretty good to me actually.

My God, if you don't know what it is, how can you not want to try it?

I laughed at the kid's face at the paella thing though. He was like, "What the **** is this ****?"

 

[JStorm]

The old American family:

1. Mom makes a healthy, home-made made meal

2. A-hole son tells her he refuses to eat it

3. Mom tells son "too bad, that's what we're having. Suck it up."

4. The son either eats with the family, or storms off to his room with an empty stomach.

The new American family

1. Mom makes a healthy, home-made made meal

2. A-hole son tells her he refuses to eat it

3. Mom orders pizza

4. The son storms off to his room with a few slices of pizza.

Even though I agree, I think those "old" rules are being applied more than we think.

Most, if not all, of my friends apply the "eat or get the **** out" rule.

Just the other day, I sat there as the kid cried, because he did not want to eat green beans.

Sure. Green beans can be gross, to some. But when a child eats Lima beans, peas, etc, etc - I'm not falling for a three-year-old's logic of "I don't like them."

 

[Sarge 2.0]

It's a commercial, people.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

I just looked up what Paella is, and found out that the kid is an even bigger dumbass than I thought.



I see rice, peas, peppers, mussles, shrimp, and sausage. Seriously, I heard my stomach groan just looking up pictures of it. Maybe the commercial wouldn't be so offensive if it ended with the mom sending the little turd a picture of the Paella instead of ordering a pizza for the no-good brat.

That does look ****ing delicious...

 

[terry78]

It's a commercial, people.

So is the one about the dad trying to steal his daughter's Eggo waffles, but it still doesn't piss me off any less.

 

[Obi-Ron]

The hell is paella?

A radio DJ scandal from the 50's?

No, wait, that's payola.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

So is the one about the dad trying to steal his daughter's Eggo waffles, but it still doesn't piss me off any less.

Oh, yeah. If my parents tried to eat my goddamn waffles when I was a kid it would've been on.

 

[Immortalfire]

My mom would slap me silly if said anything like that.

 

[Daisy]

I'll be honest... my mom would never have made paella in the first place because my dad wouldn't have eaten it.

And, since basically my dad wouldn't eat anything but standard meat (preferrably red) and potatoes (corn or peas for vegetables, carrots if it's pot roast - but no onions in it) anyway... this was never an issue in my house.

We wouldn't have gotten away with it though, if it had been.

 

[BlackLantern]

I'm not a big seafood fan at all....so that picture up there turns my stomach....once I hit a certain age, I usually made my own if I didn't like what was on that night

 

[Pyrox]

Glad to see I'm not the only one who got strangely annoyed by this

 

[Ender Durden]

I would post the video of the Great and Almighty George Carlin and his take on food when he was a kid, but theres a like 3 or 4 colorful words in it...

its hilarious

 

[Timstuff]

Even though I agree, I think those "old" rules are being applied more than we think.

Most, if not all, of my friends apply the "eat or get the **** out" rule.

Just the other day, I sat there as the kid cried, because he did not want to eat green beans.

Sure. Green beans can be gross, to some. But when a child eats Lima beans, peas, etc, etc - I'm not falling for a three-year-old's logic of "I don't like them."

Green beans are gross because too many parents don't know how the F to cook them. I used to hate green beans too, and it was because my mom would either used canned ones, or boil frozen ones into a soggy mess. That would be enough to turn any kid off to the little SOBs, but fortunately my mom actually figured out that it's possible to make them taste good, after we all ate at a steakhouse where the green beans they served were delicious.

To cook green beans properly they should be bought FRESH (preferably not frozen, but canned should be avoided like the plague), and then steamed and drizzled with melted butter. Alternately, they can be sauteed directly in butter. Afterward, they get sprinkled with Parmesan cheese. Overcooking vegetables is a surefire way to make kids hate them, but putting butter and cheese on lightly cooked vegetables will make kids love them. It's that simple!

 

[The Guard]

Then why did I outright hate the taste of the fresh, butter and cheese drizzled asparagus my mother occassionally served to us?

So the lesson here is, in order to teach children table manners...parents should put things that are less than healthy on the children's food?

Why don't we give them a side of hot fudge while we're at it? .

My parents made canned green beans sometimes, and we ate them without a fuss, because it was polite to do so, and relatively good for us. Not all nutrition is about the food tasting delicious.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Do it Body of Lies style.

Make them stay at the table and each time they say no slam a hammer down on their fingers. Then when they say they will they will eat their meal with broken fingers.

 

[boydston_14]

If that were me, that **** wouldn't fly.

 

[Sawyer]

I'm not a big seafood fan at all....so that picture up there turns my stomach....once I hit a certain age, I usually made my own if I didn't like what was on that night

Yeah, seconded on all counts. That **** looked gross, but if the mom wanted to make it, she should've. The kid can take care of himself...

 

[Timstuff]

Then why did I outright hate the taste of the fresh, butter and cheese drizzled asparagus my mother occassionally served to us?

Because there is no hope for asparagus.

Also, overcooking vegetables cooks the vitamins out, and when veggies are in a can they're already been overcooked.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

If I ever said that to my mom I'd probably end up going missing for a few days.