I’m filling up the truck at a local shop and am reminded of an encounter with the attendant at the register.<\/p>\n
My grandson and I had gone in to get snacks and drink and of course the boy zeroes in on the bags of sweets…<\/p>\n
“Chocolate. I want chocolate, pleeeeez”, sweetly he says as he points to the treasure assortment right at toddler arm level.<\/p>\n
“No, not now. We’re here for other snacks. Chocolate is too messy on a hot day and you just got that clean shirt on. ”<\/p>\n
“Pleeeeze” \u263a Again the cuteness.<\/p>\n
The attendant, trying to be helpful: “We don’ sell chocolate. No chocolate here. No can get”<\/p>\n
The boy and I look at the lunkhead with probably the same expressions on our faces…<\/p>\n
The boy: “But. This. Chocolate.”<\/p>\n
Attendant: “No. not chocolate”<\/p>\n
And suddenly I can see how chocolate and WMD can become the same thing, in the right situation…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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