That crappy yellow Humpy Dumpy!

Common scenario sa mga field trip way back in grade school:

Boy 1: Anung baon mo?
Boy 2: Humpy Dumpy! Yung Yellow!
Boy 1: Tara kainin na natin!
Boy 2: Sige! (rips open the foil pack)

*kakalat ang all-too-familiar-smell ng humpy dumpy yellow*

Boy 1: (nagtatakip ng ilong) Yuck! Ang baho amoy utot!
Boy 3: Ano yun?!
Boy 4,5,6: BAHO!!!
Boy 7: *sumuka na sa baon na plastic bag*
Everyone: *sunud-sunod na sa pagsuka*
Teacher: CLASS! ANO BA YAN??? QUIET!!!!!
Boy 2: *kain pa din ng humpy dumpy yellow*



For some unknown reason, i woke up this morning with "humpy dumpy" chips on my mind. Yes, THE yellow one. Yung langhap-sarap variety ng humpy dumpy chips. Yes, the farty-smelling one. The one you'd love to eat especially when you're inside an air-conditioned and enclosed space. Yung variety na hindi mo malaman kung nautot yung katabi mo or yung kinakain mo yung naamoy mo. Ito rin yung chips na nightmare ng mga teacher at bus drivers pag may field trip - kasi sigurado, pag may nagbukas na, sunod sunod na ang pagtawag ng uwak ng mga estudyante. Nakakahiya man aminin, isa ako sa mga madalas magbaon nito dati, oo, medyo paborito ko to nung bata ako. There were lots of funny (and gross) memories that flashed back in my mind this morning when i woke up to the thought of this brand of chips. In short, nagbalik-bata na naman ako. Hehe.

So i looked it up at the net, to see if it was brought back to the market already (i assumed that it was pulled out quite some time ago). And to my surprise, i came across a blogsite that has an entry about my humpy dumpy chips. Natuwa ako! It turns out that they already re-introduced it to the market. Pero may part din na medyo na-disappoint ako. Iba na yung packaging! And the worst of all, di na daw amoy utot! Haha! Yun pa naman yung hinahanap hanap ko! The smell that can bring me back in time. Back when field trips are the "gimmicks" for kids my age. Back when it's ok to throw up inside the bus because you know, everyone will follow suit. Oh well. Ganun lang talaga, things change. Apparently, how things smell, also change. On the good side, the author of the blog narrated that it still tasted great, so i might just go ahead and hunt for some!

"Mang Gerry, pabili nga po ng Humpy Dumpy! Yung yellow po ha!"

*photo from: http://www.junkfoodie.com/2007/05/22/humpy-dumpy-supreme-tortilla-corn-chips.htm