The Mayberry Times (which comes out weekly) never disappoints.  The following Speak Out was in the July 3rd edition.  You may wonder what Speak Out is, but the name itself really gives it away.  It is a small section that allows readers to write a comment or opinion in 250 words or less.  Sometimes it is signed, but often (as in this case) it is not.  Here you go...

Reader Dislikes Fast Food Fry Changes

I was always taught that if it's not broke, don't try to fix it.  The only reason I go to fast food restaurants is that I want french fries with my meals, and I am willing to bet I am  not the only one who feels this way.  Yet, so many of my (previously favorite) eateries are messing with what always worked before.  I don't want fries that are waffled or wavy, (which is not so groovy when they don't taste like a real potato).  Please, can't we just let fries be fries?

I personally like regular fries also, but I must admit that I would never think to write to the newspaper about it!  I was highly amused at this though, and I am very glad the author had the time and energy to write in.  Despite like regular fries, the only thing I absolutely demand for them is that they be hot.  Cold fries just do not pass muster at all!

And that reminds me of the time that I visited my college roommate's house and family potato chip factory in Fulton, Missouri.  We got to snatch a few fries off the assembly line.  They were piping hot and sooo delicious.  That was when I first realized that hot potato chips are to cold ones what hot fries are to cold fries.