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To: Corin Stormhands
It’s okay that I threw away ~last year’s~ Valentine candy, isn’t it?

When my aunt was a manager at Chrysler, she'd bring me various Chrysler-themed giveaways, like key fobs, car models, etc.

About fifteen years ago, she brought this fancy round tin with a picture of all sorts of Chrysler cars on the lid. I shook it, it sounded like a jigsaw puzzle inside. I put it away for a rainy day when a jigsaw puzzle might be entertaining.

A couple of years ago, she had done all her jigsaw puzzles, and asked if I had any for her to work on. I remembered the Chrysler one, and found it after only 30 minutes of frantic searching.

I took off the shrinkwrap, and opened it. It wasn't a jigsaw puzzle inside, it was chocolate in the shape of little Chrysler cars. After all those years, the chocolate was a little pale from oxidation, but it was still delicious. We had a good laugh over that.

Nowadays, the government would have required a nutritional label on the tin, a sure tipoff that there wasn't a jigsaw puzzle inside.

Incidentally, my aunt is still in the hospital, but still improving. She's expressing an interest in hospital food, and says it tastes pretty good. When she says hospital food is disgusting, we'll know she's completely cured, and ready to go home.

3,944 posted on 02/16/2008 4:45:57 PM PST by 300winmag (Life is hard! It is even harder when you are stupid!)
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To: 300winmag

Funny. I’m glad it wasn’t cookies.

Glad your aunt is on the improve. :~)


3,945 posted on 02/16/2008 4:50:16 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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