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Patricia Jaeger's avatar

"Cut them up and fold them into softened vanilla ice cream. Refreeze and then serve with caramel or hot fudge sauce for a wicked dessert." What a fantastic suggestion. As a "company only food" story, when my four brothers and I were little, my father would buy a huge milk chocolate bar (maybe 1.5" x 10" x 10" or something like that) right before the holidays. He would control distribution and timing and we'd each get a small chunk now and then. One year, my parents had a Christmas party and put the chocolate bar, unattended, in the kitchen. The five of us kids went to work on it. Three of my brothers ate so much they got sick, one forgot to clean the chocolate off his hands and one had chocolate on his shirt. They were all yelled at and grounded. Being the only girl I knew to wash my hands, check my clothing for chocolate and not eat so much as to get sick. I hid a few chunks in my room for another day. I did not get grounded. Girls do mature faster than boys.

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Laura H Peebles's avatar

Bourbon ball story:

At the national tax office of a Big 4 CPA firm, there was a weekly technical meeting of the International Tax Group. We discussed current tax issues and hashed out what the firm's position would be on an issue. Mid December one year, one of the administrative assistants made cookies and brought them to the lunch. Many delicious bourbon balls were consumed.

The discussions, never calm at the best of times (experts tend to be loudly opinionated) got so loud and vehement that the leader suddenly realized what had happened--"You're all drunk! Go back to your offices and don't do anything important this afternoon!"

I followed instructions--did some billing and went home early.

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