Last night at a restaurant dinner Anne and I hosted, the food server placed a bowl of hot french fries on the table. They were a golden color, crisp and crunchy to the taste buds and everyone at the table enjoyed eating them.
But within moments of their arrival, a conversation ensued between them and me. "Aren't we tempting to you," one asked. "You are," I replied. "But you are also high in calories, fats and in other unhealthy ingredients." At first there was silence and then another one said, "You're right. But this is your weekly splurge night. You've been disciplined all week in your eating habits. Your lips want to welcome us and your teeth and taste buds can crunch us to your heart's content." And then another french fry chimed in, "And we are after all unsalted and made with non hydrogenated vegetable oil."
"Okay," I answered with a sigh. "You guys are irresistible." And the next thing I knew, that bowl of french fries was gone, a joyful smile had placed itself on my face and on the faces of everyone else at the table and the food server was setting out another bowl of hot crispy french fries to everyone's delight.
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