You’ve heard of bloodhounds that can track a human down based on just a hint of a scent from a glove or shoe or some such? Well I think I’ve found the human equivalent, only she can track down chocolate.
My exercise and diet buddy is just such a person. She loves chocolate.
Now, I like chocolate. There are some kinds of chocolate that can’t survive an hour, let alone a day, in my house – – Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Snickers to name two. But there are some that kinds that I can take or leave – – Kit Kats, Almond Joys, Malted Milk Balls, for example.
For Halloween, I bought one of those big variety packs, just in case some kids came by trick-or-treating. They didn’t, so I was left with a couple big bags of chocolate candy bars. The Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups? Inhaled. History. Applied to my waistline.
The rest? Well, being the good host, I put them out in a bowl to entice those visiting my place. Any time my friend comes over, she wanders her way…okay, she makes a beeline…for the candy bowl where she indulges in a few mini-bars. And she looks at me in wonder and asks how I can keep chocolate out without eating any. Then shakes her head in amazement when I explain that some chocolate just doesn’t jazz me up.
But, she is my diet buddy. We’re supposed to be watching out for each other. Supposed to help each other from overindulging in calorie-laden foods. I was letting her down, good host or no, by having the chocolates out.
So I told her the next time she came by, I would put the chocolates away. That day was today. She was coming over to pick me up to head to the gym to get some exercise. So, before she came, I hid the chocolates (now enclosed in a covered glass snowman for the holiday season) in a desk in the same room.
hidden a bit better than this, of course
She came in the front door and immediately headed over to where the chocolate bowl usually sat.
“Hey, where the hell is the chocolate?”
“I told you I was going to hide it next time you visited.”
Now, I wish I had a stop watch for what happened next. Here we are in a room with a set of shelves and four pieces of furniture with multiple drawers. After a quick glance at the shelves to see if I uncleverly hid it in plain sight, she turned a searching eye to the rest of the room – – –
…and walked directly over to the desk and opened it to find the chocolates. It couldn’t have been but 10 seconds from her fussing at me out for hiding them to her finding this covered, well hidden container of delectable treats.
I was quite impressed.
My friend? Said it was nothing. She was trained by her children hiding things on her.
A sixth sense for finding chocolate?
I’m thinking that can be marketable.
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