Cap'n Crunch: Not really a captain, may be French

[Rod Walker]

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/capn-crunch-fraud-or-french/nYNfH/



Everything we thought we knew about Cap'n Crunch has been a lie.

Upon closer examination, the three stripes on his coat indicate he's a lower-ranked commander, not a captain.

An attentive Reddit user was the first to make the discovery, but the story has now been picked up on popular food blogs.

With the Napoleon-style hat, you might question whether the stripes on the coat are more emblematic of the French Navy. The French version of Frigate Captain has three stripes, but that translates to 'commander' in English.

Either way, Cap'n Crunch is either a fraud or he's French.

[onehandle]

1. I only ate Capitaine Crunch as a kid. nt

[zbdent]

7. These days, that could have put him behind bars

for life ...

[TexasTowelie]

2. I always had Cap'n Crunch marked as a gay pedophile!

Look at that limp-wrist salute and the smile on his face like he just got some.

Here, kiddy, kiddy, kiddies! (in falsetto used when calling the cats in to eat)

Before anybody alerts--the comments are meant to be humorous/sarcastic and not derogatory.

[In_The_Wind]

4. Sure you did.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=captain%20crunch

[TexasTowelie]

8. OMG--I didn't know that the captain made the urbandictionary!

[In_The_Wind]

11. See what we learn when we Google.

[AsahinaKimi]

3. Well it could be that

The NAVY looks down on someone shilling a product in Uniform, so maybe he got Demoted. Just a thought...

[Art_from_Ark]

9. Maybe he got demoted for violating child labor laws

All of his crew are kids

[AsahinaKimi]

10. ara ara!!

You are correct, Ark san!! This would never fly in Japan!!

[TexasTowelie]

14. Yes, in hindsight Cap'n Crunch

is definitely one of those American treasures.

[Ron Obvious]

5. Many only bought it for the whistle...

The legend is that the boxes came with a toy whistle inside which you could alter to play a tone of the perfect frequency that would allow you to whistle up free phone calls on the old Ma Bell networks. Thus Phone Phreaking, the precursor to computer hacking was born.

So fraud is nothing new to the Cap'n.

[WovenGems]

6. Pirate

As he has never said this is possible.

[pscot]

12. If he has a ship, he's the captain

sort of. "A commander in the U.S. Navy may command a frigate, destroyer, submarine, aviation squadron or small shore activity, or may serve on a staff (typically as executive officer) or as executive officer of a larger vessel. An officer in the rank of commander who commands a vessel may also be referred to as "captain" as a courtesy title, or informally referred to as "skipper"."

[TexasTowelie]

13. Was that the Catholic Boat?

Here kiddy, kiddy, kiddies. (see post #2 on this thread)