Play School: You Can Dress for It, but You Can't Escape It

Recently, while channel-surfin~ late one ni~ht, 1cau~ht a pretzeI commercial whose settin~was a hi~h school reunion where the "Nerd/Dweeb/Grind" ~ets his reven~e. Immediately after bein~ harassed and taunted by his locR nemesis, our Everyman whips out his secret weapon, a box of pretzels, and after eatin~ a handfuI liRe Popeye with his spinach, soundly thrashes the biSi? lu~ in rope climbin~and wrestlin~, thereby impressinSi? the Cheerleader who never ~ave him a thou~ht years before. "1 thinR it's the pretzels," confides another Nerd as they both watch the happy couple dancinSi? the ni~ht away Disco Fever style.