School Lunch Programs Mugs

"So you're cool with Tia Carmen working here?"

"I think my mom made me a tofu sandwich."

"The biggest mystery in my life is whether I get a peanut butter and jelly or a tuna fish sandwich!"

'As if school lunches weren't bad enough. Now, they have to be nutritious!'

'They sent me home from school because my lunch was out of compliance.'

"I didn't know they could make so many entrees with vegetables!"

"This means that dad is climbing Everest with my cheese and pickle sandwich."

Schoolboy with lunch box.

The Emeril Isle

'Casey laughed so hard at lunch milk came out his nose...or as we say now... he had a liquid food malfunction.'

Schoolgirl in canteen: 'The food's great but I wish they'd stop calling it 'pukka tukka'.'

"And there it is... Coronation chicken"

'I'll trade you, sight unseen.'

"She said this is not the same old alphabet soup, this one has a new font."

'What's intravenous feeding? My mom says if I don't eat my vegetables, she'd do that to me!'

"Our food supervisor used to be a military cook."

"Don't forget... I packed your lunch for school..."

"Ever since we started home schooling, I've developed more of an appreciation for school lunches."

"Can I have a standard lunch bag please Mum? They make fun of me at school when I eat out of my nose bag..."

Pink slime hot dogs.

'He's here as part of a student exchange program.'

"I love math! I love spelling! I love school lunches!"

"Talk about cruel and unusual punishment!"

'I always take my lunch on fish stick day.'

"I won't miss Michelle Obama."

"I don't understand my mom! She packed me two lunches like I'm the world's biggest eater!"

"Did your mom commandeer your lunch account again?"

'Well of course the custard's lumpy...it's got garlic in it.'

"Don't tell him, but the fries are made of soy too!"

"When I said I didn't mind you having lunch at your desk, I was thinking of a light snack."

'I need an antacid. I'm having lunch in the school cafeteria today.'

'No, It's not last years leftovers.'

'And now a moment of silence so that we may never forget the tragic events of March 31st. . . when we ran out of napkins on sloppy Joe Day.'

"Baldo? You left green beans on your plate!"

School Cafeteria. I'm beginning to understand why the first-graders eat paste. (Published originally on Jan. 11, 1995.)