The Cer-eal Life

The University of Pennsylvania this week plays host to the first-ever cereal-only restaurant.

It's called Cereality. Har!

This is the sort of thing Kramer would think up on "Seinfeld," isn't it? Ideas that are kind of funny because they're so implausible.

But, after giving this a little thought, I've come to realize it's actually not a bad concept. Think about it...Let's say you want a bowl of cereal for breakfast. You're an on-the-go young collegiate. You may not have neccessarily slept in your own bed the night before (or slept at all), you may still have blurred vision at 7:30, 8:00 in the morning, but most importantly, you never ever go grocery shopping and don't have any clean bowls.

So, whereas most people would just be able to walk over to the cupboard and get a box of Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs, then go get some chocolate milk from the fridge and pour it all in a bowl to eat, students at the (Ivy League) University of Pennsylvania will just be able to spend $6, $7 on a bowl of the stuff (plus tip!), then stumble off to go fall asleep face-down on the desk in their early Musicology 61 class.

Now I'm getting all nostalgic