Hives covered me from head to toe. The doctor asked what I had eaten. Hmm, well, for breakfast I had Kellogg’s Corn Pops. And lunch? Oh, Kellogg’s Corn Pops. Dinner? I’d have to go with Corn Pops again. Dessert? More bowls of the puffy stuff.
Without realizing it, I had consumed an entire box of Kellogg’s Corn Pops in less than a day. But, hey, I was 6 or 7 old. At that age, eating beetles and shoving beans up your nose seem like good ideas.
So, where was Mom in all of this? How could she allow me to binge on Pops? I have a theory: Lifetime Movie Network took my mother away. In fact, the theory should come with its own Lifetime movie called, “Hooked on LMN.” Followed by my story: “Popped to Death by a Cereal Killer.”
Anyway, the doctor determined I had an allergic reaction to yellow food dye, brought on by being a tiny kid eating an absurdly large amount of breakfast cereal. There was nothing much to do but break out the cotton balls and Calamine lotion. And stop eating the Pops.
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