Date:  Wed, 27 Sep 1995 08:34:51 -0400

From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: Re: candy bars and measurements



I guess you have to be kid, Dennis, to love candy bars. In this day of

low-fat regimens, it is sometimes difficult to remember what a candy bar

is. For me, a candy bar is always chocolate, and I would agree that I do

not relate candy bars to candy--that hard, pure-sugar stuff that rots the

teeth and spares the heart (to a point).



However, the last Friday night I was craving a sweet, and my mother-in-law,

bless her, who disregards all that cholestrol stuff, had a box of Mr.

Goodbars in the refrigerator. Since one candy bar had 18 grams of fat, I

contented myself with only half a bar. It was wonderful!



Speaking of wine and candy, I once judged an impromptu speaking event at

which the topic was "candy is dandy but liquor is quicker." Not one of the

eight college students knew what the expression meant. I got a sermon

about how liquor will send you to hell more quickly than candy will, but I

did get an interesting speech from a young woman of healthy proportions who

said that a box of chocolate (= candy) eaten in a hot bath will help a

person relax, but not as quickly as a bottle of wine consumed in a hot

bath.



Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu