I noticed the other night at supper how napkins are shrinking. It’s bad enough that they fluff them with air pockets to make them look plump; now they are decreasing their dimensions. One used to cover my whole lap; now it barely fits on the top third of one thigh. If they keep this up, I’ll need half a package at each meal. It's a small(er) world.
Candy bars have also been shrinking with the times. It used to take me five bites to eat my 100 Grand bar; now I have to get out Grandma’s magnifying glass to see it before I pop it into my mouth in one nibble.
And have you seen how the ice cream containers went from half a gallon to 1.5 quarts? We used to serve ice cream with our birthday cake; now we simply wave the carton over each plate as a sweet remembrance of the way things were.
Coffee can shrinkage is another travesty. Remember when coffee was sold by the pound? Now it comes in 12 or 13 oz. packages, for the same price. Soon they’ll be selling it by the cup, and charging $3.50. Oh, they’re already doing that!
TV shows now take up only forty-five minutes instead of fifty-two. Today's cars are the size of my grandchild's scooter. Even Band-aids barely cover a boo-boo anymore.
I'm so relieved that Jesus' love never shrinks or diminishes in strength. Jesus stays the same year after year, century after century, forever--even if my favorite pants shrink to the size of a dinner napkin.
The above is an excerpt from my second book, The Heart of Humor: Sixty Helpings of Hilarity to Nourish Your Soul.
What have you noticed shrinking in your world?
Haha, you are so right... and the advertisers think we hadn't noticed? In Holland we pay 2,75 euro for a small cup of coffee, no refill!
ReplyDeleteYogurt used to be 8 oz, now 6. No plastic lids, just foil, so one must eat it all or put it in another container!!! 2 qts ice cream is now 1.75 or 1.50 qt...so I don't buy til on sale. Yes, thankful God still loves us in all things! Reading through some versions of the Bible there's less verses to the Lord's Prayer. Interesting after all these years of knowing it then teaching it to children, in Sunday School..good thing NKJV is nearly the same as KJV. Revised standard is different and that's the version I had in college!! Good thing my husband doesn't short me on his love and care!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day Jeanette!!