You learn something every day, the saying goes, but it doesn't go far enough. The rest of it goes "... even if you could have gone your whole life without learning it."
Like, did you know there's no such word as "Cheez-Its"?
That's what the Cheez-It people say, anyway, and it's relevant because tonight Oklahoma plays Florida State in the Cheez-It Bowl. The winning coach gets a tub of Cheez-Its dumped on his head, presumably.
Excuse me. Make that "Cheez-It crackers."
Because, see, the Cheez-It people say that's the proper grammatical plural of "Cheez-It." A single Cheez-It, they explain, is a Cheez-It. But the plural version is "Cheez-It crackers."
"But Mr. Blob," you're saying now. "Not that we care, but isn't this grammatically inconsistent?"
Your*darn tootin' it is!
(*You're)
Grammatical consistency, see, would dictate a single Cheez-It be called a "Cheez-It cracker." But it's not, according to the Cheez-It people. So by the Blob's lights, it's perfectly fine to continue to call the plural "Cheez-Its," for consistency's sake.
I'm sorry?
You say this is the dumbest thing the Blob has ever Blobbed about?
Well ... maybe so.
But my grammar doesn't think so.
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