chocolate

by John Doe 28 Replies latest jw friends

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  John Doe

  I heard a while back of a study that was done some years ago. Evidently, they took children preschool or kindergarten, don't remember which, and told them that they could have either 1 piece of chocolate now, or if they waited till the end of the day they could have two. They kept track of which kids took the immediate chocolate and which ones held out for two.

  After the kids were grown, they compared the two groups. The ones who held out for two pieces showed less occurrences of mental illness, indebtedness, unhappiness, and overall they were more successful. What do you make of this? Which group are you in?
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  asilentone

  who cares? Please do not be offended. I do not give any $h!t to this study!
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  crazyblondeb

  Where's my freaking chocolate???
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  John Doe

  I would imagine people who want to understand themselves and others will care.
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  John Doe

  I take it crazyb is of the first group? ;-)
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  oompa

  well good question....and will answer since i am a dark chocoholic....preferably trader joe's (best buy)....dove (little evil fortune cookie notes...plus special process on the chocko).....and Bloomingdale's I think in NYC....what a chockofest they have!!!!!

  hey...I may smell and taste like a belgian waffle today....but I could be a 70% darkbar tomorrow

  oh...but i digress....the question was...

  John Doe: The ones who held out for two pieces showed less occurrences of mental illness, indebtedness, unhappiness, and overall they were more successful. What do you make of this? Which group are you in?

  John I was in the doublelifer group.....I said I would wait for the chocolate bars....but stole one of the early ones....so got to eat all three....as a result... now I am a flucking ex-dub dark choco eater....rolled wet in lucky gold dust with issues!!!!!.............oompa
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  crazyblondeb

  *knocks over oompa for chocolate*
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  compound complex

  Mr. Doe,

  Given my new status as an independent thinker and renegade JW, I am diving headfirst into the outrageous and shocking practice of eating dessert first. My favorite is devil's food (O, the irony!).

  I am newly apprised of this study to which you refer, yet I should like to think that I have come off the winner, though the statistics are clearly stacked against me. I shall require additional time in order to analyze and interpret the masses of numerical data that you have presented for my perusal.

  I consider it a signal honor to be part of your study.

  This is your study? Yes?

  Complex
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  stillajwexelder

  I am group one - NOW, NOW, NOW
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  cognizant dissident

  As a child, I probably would have held out for two pieces of chocolate. Now, I could hold out for two pieces of chocolate, but the vagaries of life being what they are, I know that I could be hit by a bus and killed before the end of the day is up. Better one chocolate while still living, then two while dead! So maybe those "bird in the hand" kiddies were not totally without wisdom?