The Scene: Walking around a Save-On in West Central Burnaby, gathering provisions for our stay in Vancouver. Dustin calls my attention to an end-cap display near the dairy aisle. ”Check it out! Capitaine Crounche!”
“Ha! I love it! Hold out that box, I need to get a picture of this.” I whipped out my iPhone and snapped a shot of the well-known breakfast cereal in a Canadian box, knowing full well that I was going to post it to my Flickr account as soon as I had a chance. Moments later, I had the thought that Canadians probably didn’t visit America and walk through grocery stores, giggling madly as they found familiar products with slightly different packaging. The hilarity!
What can I say? It was a crounchifique moment. Anyway, I’ll try to be good for the rest of the time I’m here.


April 24th, 2010 on 12:38 am
I lived in a town in CA awhile back that every Thursday they would make Crunchberries. It was a beautiful thing.
Enjoy Canada, eh!
April 24th, 2010 on 6:48 am
Did you know that The Smurfs are called Les Schtroumpfs? We’re all about bilingual packaging up here.
(I actually marvel all the time at the differences when I go to the States. We’re so similar, yet so different.
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April 24th, 2010 on 6:55 am
I’m totally going to work “crounchifique” into everyday conversation.
April 25th, 2010 on 3:47 pm
Be sure to have some fountain Diet Pepsi while you’re up there. I don’t know why, but it’s a whole lot better tasting than what we have… at least in Ohio.
April 26th, 2010 on 6:07 am
That is funny. Both the box and the fact that you thought about how funny it was that you thought it was funny to be taking pictures.
April 26th, 2010 on 8:50 am
Now that’s a box of cereal I can get behind.
April 26th, 2010 on 12:27 pm
Mmmmmm… crouncheberries!
April 26th, 2010 on 6:01 pm
Don’t suppose you brought any back for your cereal avenger buddies.
April 27th, 2010 on 11:27 am
For what it’s worth, I do that all the time here when I see something that’s similar to an item back in England.
April 28th, 2010 on 8:15 am
Jealous.
Just sayin’.