“Not what we thought”

Monterey Herald—June 18, 2024

Do you ever pick up a can of ravioli at the supermarket and bring it home to find out it’s beefaroni instead?  Then you get tired of ravioli and want a can of low-fat stew. It’s just regular stew in a can that looks the same.  Can’t stand diet soda? It’s the easiest thing to buy in a bottle that looks like regular.

This gets worse. Medium under shorts should fit with medium pants, right? So you buy some and they fit OK at first, then squeeze you in half after an hour.

After Jan. 6, everybody thought Biden would be a safer president. Now, he’s draining away our budget for two endless wars and giving us an economy where we pay seven bucks for a box of Oreo cookies. You wanted a better president, but now you’ve got someone else. I hope you really do vote for someone else this November.

— Bill Graham, Salinas