[Groop]A Grooism

[Ruben Arellano]

Ok, here's a true story a friend of mine told me yesterday.  Definitely 
a Grooism (did those certificates ever get mailed?).  A certain guy, 
let's call him Ed, decides it's time to propose to his girlfriend, let's 
call her Wilma.  Wilma has a real fondness (perhaps even Dessesbo) of 
hollow chocolate eggs, especially the kinds with a 'prize' inside. 
 Kinder Surprise is one of her favorites.  Well, Ed's dad owns a 
convenience store and has access to many a Kinder Surprise.  Ed hatches 
a plan to carefully take apart one of the eggs, and swap the pricey 
engagement ring with the Kinder toy inside.  He would then present the 
egg to Wilma, she would open it and surprise! "will you mary me?"  Well, 
after successfully dismantly and re-assembling the chocolate egg, he 
puts the innocent looking Kinder Suprise-come-treasure box on the 
counter of his Dad's stock room.  Enter Ed's dad, who sees a Kinder 
sitting on the counter, as opposed to the stock shelf where it should 
be, and he puts the egg BACK ON THE SHELF WITH THE REST OF THE HUNDREDS 
OF "REGULAR" KINDER EGGS.  Ed walks into the stock room a few hours 
later and freaks "Where the heck is the ring!?!"  Dad is filled in on 
Ed's chocolate-egg-proposal and the two of them proceed to open egg 
after egg in an effort to find the ring again.  Oh, they DID find the 
ring, but no word on how many eggs they had to open to find it.

Can you imagine if that egg made its way into the store and got sold?

Ruben.