I have recently learned that Mr. Horseshoe really hates him some Cheerio breath.
I like keeping some dry (plain, not Honey or any of the other flavor) Cheerios by my water on the nightstand, as I sometimes wake up too early to get up but too hungry to fall back asleep, and this solves the problem in a nice, stomach-acid-absorbing way. (Also, I like swallowing them whole - no idea why.)
But he claims eating Cheerios gives a person this awful, stinky “Cheerio breath.” Not just me, anyone who eats them. Moreover, he claims that this is a common aversion, that lots of people are put off by Cheerio breath and find it unpleasant. This was totally news to me!
So, Dopers: is this true for you? If a co-worker ate several handfuls of dry Cheerios and then came over to your desk, thus placing themselves in close proximity … would you gag? Think their breath reeks? Or do you enjoy the pleasant oatiness of Cheerios, the way I do?
(Mods: this is a less-than-cosmic topic and I suppose I’m polling, but it’s also mundane and related to food, so move as needed, please.)
“Pleasant oatiness.” In fact, Cheerio breath is basically human puppy-breath.
Cheerio breath ≈ dog farts
I think that Cheerio breath smells like vomit, but that’s probably because I threw up a lot of Cheerios during the flu seasons of my childhood.
(Cheerios, along with Jell-o and 7-up, were “sick foods” in my household. Naturally, none of them are favorites now.)
I thought this thread was going to be ‘What were the last words of David Carradine, Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Billy Mays, and Karl Malden?’
I think Cheerio breath smells like urine.
Holy cow, from “human puppy-breath” (awwww…) to urine and dog farts. That was more of an initial range than I was expecting.
I find Cheerio breath pleasant. This is fortunate, as I am currently in possession of a 10 month old boy and will probably be smelling Cheerio breath regularly for several years. I also find the scent of mooshed up graham crackers pleasing, if you were wondering.
To me, Cheerio breath is kinda yucky - but Cheerio burps are AWFUL! I love Cheerios, don’t get me wrong, but my toddler’s Cheerio burps are the worst. Ugh.
Interesting username/thread title link, purplehorseshoe, because oats are a stereotypical horse food.
America’s favorite keep-baby-quiet snack is Cheerios, so Cheerio breath is often baby’s breath. Oddly, gypsophilia (baby’s breath flower) smells nothing like Cheerios.
Dry Cheerio breath (adult) smells okay to my nose, but if the Cheerios were eaten with milk, the breath smells of soured milk.
It’s not such a simple question any more. Honey Nut Cheerios and Multigrain Cheerios could skew the results.
No, it smells like funerals. Or maybe that’s just me.
Cheerio breath doesn’t particularly bother me. But Cheerio pee has a particularly distinctive - not terribly unpleasant, I guess, just distinctive - smell to it. There’s nothing else like it IME.