The way to get a teenager out of bed is with last night’s pizza. Just lean in to the lifeless lump of blankets atop your teen’s bed, plug your nose against the smell of the room, and whisper the magic words: “Pizza,” “Breakfast.”
You may think they want it fresh, or hot, or crispy. You are wrong.
“Pizza for breakfast” will result in the sudden escaping of a barely-dressed teenager from his blanket cocoon. You’ll find your teen illuminated by the open refrigerator; feet on your best cushions; happily consuming an old, cold, slimy pizza slice.
Yes, for breakfast.
©2020 Chelsea Owens, except photo
I had a hankering to answer Carrot Ranch‘s prompt:
April 2, 2020, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that includes pizza. It can be an original pizza pie (or slice) or something pizza-like. Go where the prompt leads!
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Chel Owens 
Yes I remember well, that bedroom smell. The cold food stuck firmly to plates you thought were long ago lost. A great response, the ranchers will enjoy. You even captured the smell.
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Thank you! I mostly had fun.
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Good! Though I can’t say bringing up three teens was always fun 🤣🙄
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No, no. You’re right. That part’s rather difficult some days.
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That’ll get me out of bed 😎
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Ha! 🍕
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Good on him! I would do the same!
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I’ve had my share of them, too!
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My son grosses me out when he eats it cold. I’ll make two pizzas while he’s at work and when he gets back, he just starts eating it out of the bag in the refrigerator.
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😀 I often thought certain brands tasted better cold, when I was a teenager.
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I love cold pizza for breakfast.. 😉
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Some things are just classic breakfast foods, I suppose. 🙂
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Strange. As much as I love pizza, I never got into having it for breakfast.
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I didn’t mind as a teenager, but I now prefer it after only one baking.
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I’m glad you followed your hankering. You done good!
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I think I’ve made people hungry. 🍕
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You have!
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Not only teenagers like pizza for breakfast, but this 58 yr. old does too!
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😀 You’re not alone!
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There is nothing wrong with having pizza for breakfast you know.
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😀 And what about pineapple on pizza?
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Depends on the pizza.
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I like it with ham/Canadian bacon.
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This would also get me out of bed, and I’m not even a teenager.
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This is sounding like several of my followers would use a cold pizza alarm clock.
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Patent it.
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I remember one time I’d ask one of my ‘teens’ to clean his room. Stuffed a box and put it in the attic…
Years later I went through that box – seems nothing in there was anything they’d miss… but there was a package of unopened ‘Yodels’ or the like… Sometimes it’s just best to close the door… and pick more important battles. However when you start missing the household dishes and silverware… within their domains…
They’ll come a time when (and maybe it is now) that we can laugh at our children… And really there does come a time when they actually ‘turn around’ and say you were smart or right. And then all a parent can do is heave a big sigh of relief that maybe we actually did something right 😀
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What a great story! I remember Erma Bombeck writing several funny stories about teens’ rooms and disappearing property!
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Replace “teenager” with “zombie” and I’m not sure the story changes much.
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😀 That may be true across the board.
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Would never fail here.
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Are you a cold pizza aficionado as well?
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Any form of pizza is great. Hot or cold.
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I think my younger brother would have preferred I used your method than mine. I would place one hand on his hip and one hand on his shoulder and bounce him awake. Luckily freshly awakened people can’t run very fast…
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😀 I used your method on my sister, then leapt back to avoid her flailing in response.
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Ah, great minds!
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I had no idea there was such a love for cold pizza!
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Me, neither!
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Okay this works for me like fire😂😂😂 100% ❤🙌😂
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That, or pizza rolls!
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For sure this is hard…if I don’t wake my daughter, she can sleep until noon, not even a pizza will make her wake up.
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😀 I’m beginning to see why my mother opted for a spray bottle of cold water.
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Haha… I also threatened Making their beds a pool of water..so anytime I call, to they don’t know what is in store for them
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All’s fair in raising teenagers!
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