Last night, we walked into a well-known fast food restaurant that has embarked on a new advertising campaign titled: “The Drive-Thru Diet”. A very nice woman was stationed at the cash register. As we entered, she welcomed Rachel and I and said, “How can I help you?”
I said, “Our church is having a ‘Biggest Loser’ contest.”
She looked at me and said, “That’s good.”
I let that comment pass—it’s an indication of maturity—and I continued on, “So, I was curious, can you tell me about this ‘Drive-Thru Diet’?”
She smiled and laughed and said, “No, not really. I have no idea what it is.”
I said, “Oh.” And we just stood there looking at each other for a moment.
Then she pulled out a brochure that provides a listing of the fat and calorie content of the various items served at this restaurant. She said, “Here, you can have this thing.”
I said, “Does this tell me what the ‘Drive-Thru Diet’ is?”
She laughed and said, “No.” Then there was another moment of us uncomfortably looking at each other before she said, “There are certain items that we serve that now have fresh chopped tomatoes.” And she pointed to a big sign on the wall that featured a tantalizing picture of a food item overflowing with beautiful, red chopped tomatoes.
I said, “What does that do?”
She said, “It’s healthy.”
I said, “So, the ‘Drive-Thru Diet’ basically has to do with tomatoes?”
She was very friendly and nice, but she was obviously tired of my constant questions so she just said, “Yeah, it’s mostly about tomatoes.”
“Just make sure you have tomatoes, huh?”
“Yeah…tomatoes.”
“It’s all about tomatoes.”
“Yep…tomatoes.”
The day before, I had a double cheeseburger with a slice of tomato on it. It’s crazy! I had no idea I was eating diet food. I feel slimmer already.
Dieting? It's all about the tomatoes.
They're healthy!
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