Space Food Sticks

Before I was born, when my brother was around 6 or 7, he was digging around in Mom's purse and found 2 tampons.

"Mom! Mom! What are these?"

"Uhhhh. Um. Uhhhh." I mean how much does a mother want to explain to a six year old boy?

Lucky for her, while she was still stalling, he exclaimed, "Are these Space Food Sticks?!!!!!!" He could hardly contain himself. Imagine. His very own mother with Space Food Sticks right there in her purse! He'd been watching a lot of Lost in Space and My Favorite Martian.

"Uhmm. Yyyesss." She said slowly. "They're Space Food Sticks. But don't let anyone else know we have them. It's a secret."

Ever since then we've called them Space Food Sticks. Of course.