John;

I tried to rationalize that to limit yourself to having chocolate less than ten times a week was strictly for the purpose of the calculation of “cool chocolate math”. However I was unable to carry out the required operation due to withdrawal symptoms. Normally, I think about chocolate 6 times a day. That is three main meals and three snacks. In my case I think of chocolate 42 times a week!

I may never recover from this horrid experience so I am off to have a nice Light Chocolate Truffle from Mary See’s! That may enable me to return to reality and prevent any further cruelty from self-imposed limitations upon one of life’s necessary ingredients.

Last night my wife bought me a two-pound bar of milk chocolate from France. It was just before dinner so I told her to simply place mashed potatoes and gravy on top of the bar and that would be my meal.

My addiction to chocolate is entirely due to my mother. I hope I am back to "normal" soon. Watch out Cookie Monster! :)

Tom





>Hi Cathy......
>
>Since the topic is Chocolate (or is it really male bashing ? :-) )
>Try this e-mail I got the other day.....
>
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>> >Subject: cool chocolate math
>> >
>> > This is pretty neat how it works out.
>
>DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST!
>It takes less than a minute....... Work this out as
>you read. Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it
>out! This is not one of those waste of time things, it's fun.
>
>1. First of all, pick the number of times a week
>that you would like to have chocolate. (try for more than once but less
>than 10)
>2. Multiply this number by 2 (Just to be bold)
>3. Add 5. (for Sunday)
>4. Multiply it by 50 I'll wait while you get the calculator................
>5. If you have already had your birthday this year
>add 1752.... If youhaven't, add 1751 ..........
>6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were
>>born. You should have a three digit number .....
>
>The first digit of this was your original number
>(i. e., how many times you want to have chocolate each week).
>The next two numbers are ........... YOUR AGE! (Oh YES, it IS!!)
>
>THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2002) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO
>SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS.
>
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>
>Hope that you enjoy it.
>
>John Douglas