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09 November 2008

A hitherto unknown (to me at least) urban legend. →[More:] I just went on a run to the corner store. Pips asked me to pick up a bag of Cheetos. Athena (her real name) The Countergirl, a casual acquantianceof ours, was ringing up the purchase. "Cheetos are for my wife, I don't like 'em, I'm a chip guy," I said. "I like Cheetos, they delay a girls period." "Whaaa?" "For like a couple days." "Where'd you hear that?" "I dunno, I just heard it." I realize this is bullshit, but it's always nice to pick up a new urban legend. I'd be interested to know if anyone else knows this one or it's origins.

post by: jonmc at: 16:04 | 19 comments

Wow, no, that's a new one on me too.

Athena (her real name) The Countergirl

She shares a name with our Irish Wolfhound! :)

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posted by BoringPostcards 09 November | 16:10

That's bizarre. I can't even find it on Google!

posted by Stewriffic 09 November | 16:17

Maybe some correlation with junk food and PMS? That's all I can think of. But I haven't heard it before, either.

posted by occhiblu 09 November | 16:18

I cross-posted to AskMefi and all I get is jokey comments about Red Bull. Maybe I'm at ground zero of a new urban myth. cool.

posted by jonmc 09 November | 16:54

Nope, new one on me, too.

posted by redvixen 09 November | 17:02

It sounds like a reference to a long-setup joke on 30 Rock.

SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER

We see Liz Lemon eating "Sabor de Soledad" brand cheese puffs (ie, Mexican knockoff) for a few episodes and then she finds out that she's missed her period. It turns out that the bull semen extract in the cheese puffs delayed her period (and also made them so addictively tangy).

SPOILER OVER

posted by heeeraldo 09 November | 17:17

Yeah, I think heeeraldo nailed it.

posted by defenestration 09 November | 17:18

I saw that episode too. I bet that's where she got it from.

posted by special-k 09 November | 17:18

I saw that episode too. I bet that's where she got it from.

I know this girl, she's not the long reference to 30 Rock type and she didn't seem to be kidding. She's maybe 19-20 years old, tops.

posted by jonmc 09 November | 17:21

and knowing the way pop culture works, the 30 Rock writers probably lifted it from a rumor one of them heard. Maybe one of them lives out here in Queens and shops at my corner store.

posted by jonmc 09 November | 17:32

She's maybe 19-20 years old, tops

I believed a lot of shit that my friends told me when I was that age. Even if she didn't know the reference first hand, it's likely that some friend of hers mentioned it in passing "Hey did you know eating cheetos delays your period?" and then she somehow internalized it.

posted by special-k 09 November | 17:41

That I could believe. Of course, now anytime some kid googles this, we're going to be the 'source' of all this.

posted by jonmc 09 November | 17:43

Maybe she heard it from someone referencing 30 Rock and didn't realize they were joking.

posted by mullacc 09 November | 17:44

Yeah. This doesn't make it any less of an urban legend, at this point. This just happens to be an urban legend that has an easily identifiable source.

posted by defenestration 09 November | 17:54

defenestration: like i said, that all depends on whether somebody heard about it on 30 Rock and mentioned it on the street, on somebody from 30 Rock heard it on the street and put it in a script. 50/50 odds.

posted by jonmc 09 November | 18:00

Don't be naive, jon. Don't you know about the new Frito-Lay/GE joint venture for the production of menstruation management powders? Frito-Lay makes anti-period powder in various cheesy, tangy flavors. Cheeto's are just the trial run. Doritos are next. And don't forget about Sun Chips, for classier ladies. GE then subtly pushes these products through its entertainment arm (NBC).

Your corner store cashier is just a safety net mechanism to catch those consumers who may not thoroughly appreciate the quality humor of 30 Rock.

posted by mullacc 09 November | 18:21

Much later understand.

posted by jonmc 09 November | 18:23

dude, if that was true I'd be grinding the things up to mainline them.

posted by kellydamnit 09 November | 18:25

I always thought that Chester Cheetah was up to no good.

posted by Pips 09 November | 21:35

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