Death Row Focus Groups

I'm no penologist,  and generally against the death penalty, but in those states where it's like, part of the culture, I gather that there is an issue sometimes with making sure that the people you are executing are smart enough. Because judicial murder is ok for regular people, but not for 'tards, speds, the developmentally disabled. I can see how there would  be the question of figuring out if you are smart enough to execute or not. Luckily, the folks at Old El Paso have a solution -- the Salsa Kit. It is exactly what it sounds like -- a plastic box containing the requisite elements for making salsa.* Ironically, they sell it in the produce section, where it is possible to buy these very same items -- choosing the ones you want, and paying less for the privilege,  if you can solider along without the plastic clamshell.  What I propose is a penal reforn -- they bring some of these onto death row, and if you indicate that you might be interested in purchasing such a thing, then you are retarded, and cannot be executed.

*Yes,  the irony is that you could certainly make a better salsa out of this kit than you would get out of a jar of the same brand. But if you can make that leap, can't you choose your own damn vegetables?

Comments

[Rose's Lime]

Of course, it's not the folks at Old El Paso who came up with this, but a clever vegetable packer,

It is interesting what it says about the culture:
1) You can sell more veggies with a made-in-America General Mills brand than you could with a generic "salsa pack".
2) To sell veggies together, the Produce Lookup Committee somewhere has to set aside a PLU#4684 for "salsa pack". I have to assume there's a #4685 for "salsa pack - organic". I'm sure #4686 for "Guacamole pack" and #4692 "Gazpacho pack" aren't far behind. But where will it all end?

How long till there's a "Chili's Chicken Caesar Pack"?

[dubarry]

i am an experienced peniologist, and i have always treated all of mankind equally. when you scrape the surface i-bankers and imbeciles, pretty much the same.

[Rose's Lime]

I find myself musing more and more on all the fresh pack opportunities:
- Betty Crocker Garlic Mashed Potato Pack
- College Inn Frozen Chicken Broth Pack
- Kraft Macaroni and Cheese Pack
- Zatarains Gumbo Pack

[dmorriso]

I like how they include garlic powder rather than a clove; apparently the person who buys such an item cannot be bothered to mince the garlic, having already wasted precious time chopping 4 tomatoes, 1 onion, and 3 chiles (which they call "chili peppers"), not to mention squeezing a lime.

[Fesser]

FWIW, Organic PLUs are five digits -- they use the conventional PLU with a 9 as a prefix.* I have wondered, but never so done, that it would be not hard to finagle an upgrade to organic for free if you used one of those self-serv checkout lanes. Namean?
*I know more about PLUs than otherwise thanks to having to memorize the ones my cashiers don't know.

[Skeen]

Trader Joe's sells a similar pack but I think they include garlic.
I agree that it's a little bit silly, but still very, very low on the things-to-get-in-a-twist-about scale.

[Skeen]

Sorry, actually the Trader Joe's pack is for making guacamole. Same color combination. Same level of silliness.

[Jesse]

Uhhh- I buy the TJ's pack cause TJ's doesn't sell individual vegetables. You have to purchase bags of each- and I won't use them all. It is gratifying to know that I won't be killed for a capital crime if you are part of the mob, however!