Stuff You Should Already Know

By Scott Smith in News on Dec 6, 2005 7:04PM

We live in an uncertain world. So once in a while, it’s nice to be reassured of certain basic truths.

For instance, last night when you went to bed, you probably knew that little kids don’t like vegetables. Good news: a new day has dawned yet kids would rather eat chicken fingers, pizza, hamburgers and mac and cheese. Or at least that’s what restaurants think.

A survey by Technomic Information Services said that out of 161 restaurant chains that had kids menus, only one offered a vegetable entrée: Cracker Barrel’s Country Vegetable Plate. Except we think they’re counting mac ‘n’ cheese and steak fries as vegetables, which really seems like cheating.

Chicagoist just thinks kids need to be exposed to tastier vegetables. Is there a kids menu at Green Zebra?

In other news that makes you go “Duh,” comes this warning from the police:

"If anyone's at your door and you don't know who they are, don't answer it," said Cmdr. Thomas Byrne of the Belmont Area detective bureau.

Unfortunately, this warning has become necessary because a few jerks are forcing their way into people’s houses, including those of a little old lady in Jefferson Park and a college student on the Gold Coast. Holy shit! Bad things happen in the Gold Coast? We thought the only crimes that occurred there were fashion crimes like Ugg boots.