Fantasy Snack Team
We had our holiday party (catered by Qdoba, lol) and everyone got gift bags full of tons of snacks. Seriously, these bags were full of chips, chocolates, peanuts, popcorn, fruit snacks, gum, etc. Of course not everyone values snacks the same way, and as soon as all the directors left, the party quickly became a bartering bonanza. It was totally like a free-for-all fantasy sports tradeoff, and I think I did quite well. I don’t snack that much, so I was mostly trading for Bunky. I quickly identified my “franchise” snacks that were untradeable (basically anything chocolate) and then laid down the snacks that were on the trading block. Here’s how I did:
- Bag of Nacho Cheese Chips: Bunky likes plain chips, so I made an even exchange for plain baked chips. This was later traded for a large bag of Kellogg’s Fruity Snacks.
- Tiny Bag of Stale-Looking Peanuts: Traded for a medium-sized, fancy chocolate in the shape of a large candy cane. Easily the steal of the day.
- Famous Amos Cookies: I don’t know if Bunky likes these, but bagged cookies often taste like crap. These were traded for yet another large bag of Fruity Snacks. I hope Bunky likes them, because I now have two strawberries and one cherry.
- Nacho Cheese Combos: Untradeable… Felt a little like Isiah Thomas on this one.
All in all, not bad. While the glut of Fruity Snacks may come back to haunt me, I think I got rid of a lot of snacks that wouldn’t have gotten any eating time. I added a lot of size to the team, and a lot of fruit as well.
Tags: fantasy sports, food
By Catnipped, 12/20/2006 @ 3:58 pm
Whoever traded chocolate candy bar for boring peanuts is obviously crazy, or alergic to chocolate.
By Velius, 12/21/2006 @ 11:37 am
Or was named Isiah Thomas and thought they could probably play better than Starbury. I mean, after Diet Pepsi Machine dominated the NFL, why not Stale Bag of Peanuts for the NBA? Oh, just to be annoying, it’s *allergic =p
By Catnipped, 12/21/2006 @ 12:29 pm
blah, you are TOTALLy anoying
By Kabitzin, 12/21/2006 @ 1:25 pm
Update: Last night the Fruity Snacks flashed a bit of that Tremendous Upside Potential as Bunky gasped, “OMG where did you get these? I love Fruity Snacks!” I think I’m up for Snack GM of the year now.
I didn’t bother asking my coworker how Stale Bag of Peanuts was doing.
BTW, last I checked, Diet Pepsi Machine’s numbers were way down, and scouts are worried that he might be fizzling out.
By Velius, 12/21/2006 @ 1:44 pm
OMG……I cannot take the PUNishment….. /wrists.