While I was at it, I asked them if they'd ever eaten chocolate. They all had. Alas! Chocolate, too, is a gateway drug and I'm at risk for all kinds of nasty addictions.

I don't really care right now -- as long as I can still score for chocolate at the supermarket I have no interest in moving up to harder drugs. I have no idea what I'll be driven to, though, after the experts figure out chocolate is a gateway drug and outlaw it.

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