"Hey, can I eat that chocolate Tootsie Pop?" I asked Julie.
"Yeah, sure," she said nonchalantly.
"You sure it's good?" I asked and bent down to pick it up off the floor, just to the side of her dining table.
"Yeah, of course!" she bristled.
I inspected it closely. It was fully wrapped, so why not? I pulled the waxy paper off the lollipop and stuck it in my mouth. Mmmm... chocolatey.
The door to Julie's apartment opened, and her boyfriend Bill appeared. He looked at me. "What are you eating?" A horrified look crossed his face. "That was on the floor.
"Oh, don't worry," I nodded. "It was wrapped."
"No, that's been on the floor for like six months!"
"Don't lie!" Julie snapped. "It was on a plate on the floor. It was only on the floor for the last 24 hours."
I contemplated it. Even if it was old, it was still wrapped, and it tasted OK. I shrugged. After all, a sucker is a sucker.
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Been there. Only had to first wipe the dog hair off of the M&Ms I found under the couch.
ReplyDeletecan i have a lick?
ReplyDeleteI would love to share, but sadly, I ate the whole thing. (It look many licks to get to the center.)
ReplyDeleteBetter than year-old pocket jellybeans...
ReplyDelete-Steph
Hey, I agree. It was wrapped! And from now on, I'm saving all the chocolate ones for you and sending them to you. I really don't like them. Did you know there's now supposedly chocolate skittles? Someone said you should replace the 'k' with an 'h' and it'd be appropriate.
ReplyDelete"After all, a sucker is a sucker."
ReplyDeleteWas the pun intentional?
I've eaten worse things off the floor.
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of the chocolates from my car!
ReplyDeleteYep, the pun was definitely intentional, although your comment made me realize that I should have used my "cheesy puns" label. Lost opportunity...
ReplyDeleteI seem to really enjoy eating sweets from various floors, don't I? Hmmm....