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"We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons." Jim Rohn
Time to take on some additional ounces in my life!

Dear Mister Language Person:

I am curious about the expression, Part of this complete breakfast. The way it comes up is, a 5-year-old will be watching TV cartoon shows in the morning, and they'll show a commercial for a children's compressed breakfast compound such as Fruit Loops or Lucky Charms, and they always show it sitting on a table next to some actual food such as eggs, and the announcer always says: Part of this complete breakfast. Don't that really mean, Adjacent to this complete breakfast, or On the same table as this complete breakfast? And couldn't they make essentially the same claim if, instead of Fruit Loops, they put a can of shaving cream there, or a dead bat?
Answer: Yes.
-Dave Barry