Lucky * Star was better than I thought it would be. The opening dance was fun, but it didn’t exactly sell the show. As I began to watch it I thought to myself that I would probably quit viewing it within the following few minutes. I decided to tough it out.

The first episode gets funnier as the show progresses. I laughed, but mostly it made me hungry.

1. Buy some Pringles. Make sure that you gently shake the can to ensure there are not many broken chips. The sound of broken chips is like a fingernails on a chalkboard, only worse.
2. Open the cap (this is very important)
3. Remove a single pringle, if there are no pringles goto step 1. Hold the chip at the end of one of the longer ends with your thumb and forefinger. You may be tempted to remove several pringles at the same time. This is a no-no. You risk damage to the individual pringle if you remove more than one.
4. Examine the pringle for defects. If you have removed more than one, there is a high probability that the pringle will be damaged. Damaged pringle units should be discarded as they have lost symmetry. If, by chance, the pringle was damaged in such a way to keep its symmetrical shape–for example, at the north or south poles of the pringle–it is safe to continue with that pringle. Dispose of damaged pringles in all other cases. Let some less discerning savage have the broken chips.
5. Examine the arc of both the interior and exterior of the chip. There should exist a point somewhere in the neighborhood of the center of mass (COM) of the chip. This point is call the saddle-point. Geometrically, this point should lay directly in the COM of the chip. Not all chips are perfect as we will get to in a moment.
6. Now that you are satisfied that the chip is of a suitable symmetry, you will examine the texture. The texture of the chip is what gives it a pleasing feel as you are devouring it. There should be a rough but even texture to the chip.
7. Discard chips with discoloration as these are defective chips.
8. The preceding steps should take roughly 5 to 10 minutes to complete. We can now begin eating the chip. First, lick the salt from the top of the chip. This is the the part in which the longer part of the chip arc is convex.
9. Step 8 prepares the chip for digestion and also softens the chip for this step. Now, we can begin actually performing the process of dismantling the chip. This is done by taking small bites (about 1/50 of the chip) from around the perimeter of the chip. It is okay to not bite the part of the chip near the place where your fingers are located.
10. Continue step 9 until you reach the last bit of chip under your thumb and forefinger. Notice, that if it were not for step 8 the chip would break into larger sections and prevent you from completing even one step 9.
11. You may finish the rest of the chip. Goto step 3.

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The sad thing is that I actually do this sometimes.