Japanese Mom Is Better Than Your Mom
Posted by Ross Rosenberg
That’s right. I said it. I don’t care. Look at the above picture. Just look at it. You still doubt me? Think back to your bagged lunch in school, then look back at that picture. See? Bet your Fluffer-nutter sandwich doesn’t seem so special anymore, does it? Better off that you had never been born at all, than suffer the embarrassment you feel now.
Everyone, call your mothers and tell them how scarred you are now, having seen this. Let them feel the sting of shame! Feel free to also email them images from this collection of lunches prepared by a better, more artistic, Japanese mom. That should show them just how little they did for you.
E-obento [Bibi’s box] : Make : Nonlinear Girl
Categories: Gastronomy, Small Children, Mommy, Tentacles, Japan, Art
Posted at 1:36 pm on October 2, 2007
6 Comments -
Aww, and all my mom made were Catan cookies. Now she’ll have to go back to Awesomeness School.
Comment by Fizzbang — October 2, 2007 @ 2:54 pm
@Fizzbang… that’s awesome.
… I see no thief.
Squidcakes from a mother which isn’t mine. via Make
Comment by Narkalant — October 2, 2007 @ 4:39 pm
But these Japanese children will grow up coddled and soft. In the next war, be it economic or the other kind, we will destroy them, because our children grow strong on white bread and highfructose corn syrup.
Comment by Bat Guano — October 2, 2007 @ 4:41 pm
Wow, I’m so sorry your mom didn’t make those for you. Back in elementary school my lunches were just like that, but the cephalopods all had smiley faces. But then I got to that age where I was the only one with a box lunch and had to start buying like everyone else.
Comment by Hlaode — October 2, 2007 @ 6:31 pm
Hlaode - it is not polite to brag about how awesome your mom-made lunches were, heh.
Comment by Ross Rosenberg — October 2, 2007 @ 9:07 pm
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