# Hey! I got a prize in my cereal! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 25, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-got-a-prize-in-my-cereal/341555 "2006-01-25T15:48:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-got-a-prize-in-my-cereal/341555/1 "2006-01-25T15:48:44Z")
For the first time in years, I got a prize in my box of Sugar Pops! It’s called an Ice Slider and it looks like a coyote or something. I don’t know how to use it yet. I’ll have to read the box and find out. I’m glad Mr. K isn’t home or we’d be fighting over it. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-got-a-prize-in-my-cereal/341555/2 "2006-01-25T15:59:51Z")
Oh man I haven’t had Sugar Pops in forever. That by itself would be a prize. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-got-a-prize-in-my-cereal/341555/3 "2006-01-25T16:02:36Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > For the first time in years, I got a prize in my box of Sugar Pops! It’s called an Ice Slider and it looks like a coyote or something. I don’t know how to use it yet. I’ll have to read the box and find out. > > I’m glad Mr. K isn’t home or we’d be fighting over it. It looks like a coyote!? I WANT ONE! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-got-a-prize-in-my-cereal/341555/4 "2006-01-25T16:08:52Z")
Hey! I got cereal in my prize! ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-got-a-prize-in-my-cereal/341555/5 "2006-01-25T16:16:31Z")
Mmm, Sugar Pops. Sounds nutritious. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-got-a-prize-in-my-cereal/341555/6 "2006-01-25T16:20:31Z")
Now that I took it out of the plastic wrapper, it appears to be holding an acorn and it has a squirrel’s tail. But it still has a coyote face. I’ll call it a Sqyote. It has a wide wheel on the bottom and you can slide it across the counter. Maybe I should wake up one of the cats and see if they like it! ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-got-a-prize-in-my-cereal/341555/7 "2006-01-25T16:23:23Z")
I remember when my daughter was just a teeny thing, she didn’t want to try Sugar Pops because she thought they were scrambled eggs in a box. And I miss finding prizes in cereal! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-got-a-prize-in-my-cereal/341555/8 "2006-01-25T16:27:51Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > Now that I took it out of the plastic wrapper, it appears to be holding an acorn and it has a squirrel’s tail. But it still has a coyote face. I’ll call it a Sqyote. It has a wide wheel on the bottom and you can slide it across the counter. Maybe I should wake up one of the cats and see if they like it! Hmm, you called it an “ice slider”? Is it perhaps a tie in to the Ice Age movie? Maybe it’s [Scrat](http://www.tvebak.dk/gallery/Film/ice_age_scrat.jpg)? Scrat’s cool! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-got-a-prize-in-my-cereal/341555/9 "2006-01-25T17:40:12Z")
> [@Wile E](#): > > Hmm, you called it an “ice slider”? Is it perhaps a tie in to the Ice Age movie? Maybe it’s [Scrat](http://www.tvebak.dk/gallery/Film/ice_age_scrat.jpg)? > Scrat’s cool! It’s this dude: [http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/karlen1956/detail?.dir=/cf3a&.dnm=3547re2.jpg&.src=ph](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/karlen1956/detail?.dir=/cf3a&.dnm=3547re2.jpg&.src=ph) ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-got-a-prize-in-my-cereal/341555/10 "2006-01-25T17:42:34Z")
> [@Susie Derkins](#): > > I remember when my daughter was just a teeny thing, she didn’t want to try Sugar Pops because she thought they were scrambled eggs in a box. > > And I miss finding prizes in cereal! That’s pretty funny! I normally don’t do Sugar Pops (I’m a Cheerios kinda gal). But I just had to have them. I probably won’t buy them again for a year. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-got-a-prize-in-my-cereal/341555/11 "2006-01-25T17:43:38Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > It’s this dude: [Find your inspiration. | Flickr](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/karlen1956/detail?.dir=/cf3a&.dnm=3547re2.jpg&.src=ph) Good Gawd! I think you’re right! He certainly looks freaked out! ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-got-a-prize-in-my-cereal/341555/12 "2006-01-26T01:40:16Z")
last summer i zipped all over centre city gathering frosted flakes and sugar pops for the jedi spoons. i’ll have to check out the new toy.