The first time my boyfriend ordered French toast in front of me, I ordered the American cheese for him. I looked at him through narrow eyes—trust me—with confidence that had nothing to do with being tipsy, though I was. It was a late night diner dinner, after just enough happy hour drinks that I was ordering a side of sausage and a side of fries for my meal. The waitress brought our food, including the…

1. Eating breakfast helps you lose weight. 2. If you eat breakfast under a sycamore tree, you'll have good luck all year, and a little child will bring you lead things for your fishing rod whenever you need them. 3. If a rhinoceros serves you English muffins, saying "a tiddle taddle, a tiddle taddle, a tiddle taddle oooo" will convince him to give you peanut butter to go with them. The rhinoceros is very…