Cereal Boxes, Cracker Jack, and Vending Machines

When I was a kid, I loved vending machine trinkets, cereal-box premiums, but especially Cracker Jack prizes. The vending machines were the biggest gamble because sometimes nothing came out. With the cereal boxes and the Cracker Jack, you were sure to get SOMETHING. Some prizes, of course, were better than others, but it wasn't so much the prize that mattered; it was the SURprize. (Spelling deliberate) And, yes, I ate the Cracker Jack and the cereal And, while Googling before editing this post, I came across another blog I'm going to follow, thanks to this POST