Um, see... I just HAD to write this... based on recent experiences!

TMNT are not mine. Neither is Oscar Meyers.

Greatest Thing Since...

"When I think of all the hardships we've come through... all the struggles, the trials and tribulations that you, Sensei, had to endure simply to keep us fed," Mike said, tears in his voice as well as on his cheeks, "I just can't help but wish that such wonders had existed when we were young."

Splinter simply sipped his tea, his face calm and nonjudgmental from years of practice.

Don did his best to NOT roll his eyes, while Leo concentrated on his breakfast plate so hard one would think he were meditating.

Raph kept shoving food into his mouth to keep from laughing out loud, which was an unusual thing for him to do; normally he would have been annoyed/pissed/argumentative/nearly killing his brother by this time.

"I mean, sure, I can understand how Time changes and how we dealt with the past," Mike continued, heedless of the interest or animosity of his family. "I know that we should not look back on what we cannot change- but OH! Sensei! HOW different our lives would have been had THIS been around then! HOW many injuries could have been avoided, how many TIMES could you have not struggled so hard to feed us! When I think of all the times we had to leave things behind because..."

By now Splinter had managed to tune out the heady praise of his youngest over this miraculous invention that had just been discovered. He DID harbor a slight fear that Raphael would choke at any moment, the way he kept trying to stifle any reaction to his brother's flowery elegy...

Leo sighed; concentrating on a plate that held such tasty as well as nutritious items could not block out the vociferous praises and hosannas that Mike was still singing. He glanced at Don, and for a brief moment it appeared that he was blaming his brainy brother.

"And now- NOW!" Mike was coming to the conclusion of his soliloquy. "Now- we have THIS! The World just CAN'T get any better!"

Don shrugged.

"Hey, it's not MY fault," he said. "It's not like I was the one to invent ready-to-eat microwavable bacon."

"Well, it would have been better if you had," Leo slightly accused. "He wouldn't have gone on as NEARLY as long as he has over Oscar Meyers' having done so."