If you’re on a diet, here’s a tip: Never buy a case of Hershey bars for a party that is a week away. This falls under the same category as never buy Halloween candy when it is on sale in September.
I’m not even what you would call a chocolate lover and those damn things are calling out to me. Thirty six candy bars is too many to have in the fridge, waiting to be wrapped and stuffed into favor bags. And since there are only twenty four favor bags to make, it seems only right to eat the ones that won’t be invited to attend the party.
Maybe I shouldn’t eat all twelve leftovers, but don’t you think it would be wise to sample at least one? You never know, we could have a bad batch. I wouldn’t want to be the cause of 24 tummy aches. It would actually be irresponsible of me to not sample them…don’t you think?
Yes, yes, I do believe it is my duty to try them — for the sake of the kids. And I think in the interest of establishing an accurate sampling, I will have to try more than one. After all, the one I try just may be the one and only good candy bar in a box of otherwise rotten chocolate. Could I really go on to assume the other 35 are just as good? I think not.
I think perhaps I need to select quite a few at random and test them over the next few days. I don’t think I need to taste as many as half, but I do need a good percentage, just to be sure. 1/4 might be enough, but I think I would still feel a tad unsettled. 1/3 feels like a good amount — the perfect amount to really feel certain that all the bars are indeed, edible.
Now let’s see…1/3 of 36 is…oh what do you know…12!
