I was resting in bed from our big outing that day. Larry bounced in looking very pleased with himself. “I’ve just performed a miracle,” he said.
“Really?” I replied. “What did you do?”
“I ate one potato chip,” he said.
“And you’re not going to eat any more?” I asked.
“Nope, I closed the bag and put it away.”
“Wow-w-w,” I said. “That
is a miracle.”
Adapt as necessary to your situation or suceptiblities. The rule is, to be certifiable as a bona fide miracle you can’t eat the rest of the bag (or the rest of whatever) for at least 24 hours.
Before posting my challenge here, I thought I should try it myself. So last week I did it. I also picked out a comely chip to use as a model for drawing, but I had to put it back in the bag until the next day because I kept sitting there thinking, “It might be, perhaps,
more miraculous to eat
two chips first, and
then not eat any more…or maybe
three—
That would be
really amazing.”
Larry dubbed it the Power of Positive Self-Deception.
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