Ya Gotta Know This About That: Virtue Is Insufficient Temptation

As George Bernard Shaw would say of course....

A virtuous person has the ability to choose wrongly but if they are a totally virtuous person, this person will choose to do right when a situation arises. Temptation is everywhere.....but would you be tempted to choose something other than the exemplary choice? Maybe! But sometimes temptation will come to you, crawl up your arm, breathe in your face, kiss your lips and almost caress your soul to get you to choose the temptation. It can be almost irresistible!

Some people don't like the word "virtue" and say this word has no place in today's world.....what???? That is silly. There are so many people who meet the definition of a person who has the virtue quality. And when they are virtuous, they definitely can say No when the occasion arises. Temptation can be and most time should be resisted!

When the George Bernard Shaw quote is analyzed it seems to be a most perfect quote and doesn't even need to be analyzed. If you have virtue and are able to resist temptation then that temptation was insufficient to make you choose the temptation itself. Otherwise the devil didn't make you do it. That old devil probably didn't like that....but oh well......I guess you can think of it as virtue outweighing the devil.

Old Time Sweets

Many years ago there were sweet candies which just aren't around any longer. There are were gums and chewy toffees and powders to pour in your mouth. Sure there are companies which are still making these sweet treats, but after trying some of the replicas, they just aren't the same....perhaps it was because we were young and the stuff tasted so good. Or maybe in today's world the ingredients and the flavorings and the extend a life products used makes for a poor replica. Here's some of the old time things I remember chomping on when I was a kid.

Zagnut Candy Bar, Zero Candy Bar, Wax Lips, Jaw Breakers, Mary Janes, Boston Baked Beans, Chuckles, Necco Wafers, Teaberry Gum, Clove Gum, Chick-o-Sticks, Sugar Daddy, Salt Water Taffy, candy necklaces, wax coke bottles filled with liquid, Charleston Chew, Candy Cigarettes, Bubble Gum Cigarettes.

Pearson Nut Roll, Bit o' Honey, Beeman's Gum, Hershey Bars, Fizzies, Lik m Aid, Cracker Jacks with a prize in the box, Clark Bar, Sno Caps, Val o Milk Cups, Bubble Gum Cigars, Penny Candy from the drug store, Ribbon Candy at Christmas time, Walnettos, Ice Cubes, Candy Corn, Chicklets.

Bridge Mix (Brach's and from Sears), Rock candy, Bazooka Bubble Gum, Wild Cherry Lifesavers, O Henry, Black Jack Gum, Root Beer Barrels, Neapolitan Coconut Slices.

All great. Cavity makers!!

Thought For The Day

Necessity never made a good bargain.

--Ben Franklin

Ordering a pizza can be stressful. First you decide if you even want a pizza. It's a fattening decision to make.....pizza has a lot of calories.

Once you decide you really want a big ole pizza pie, next you pick where you want to get it from. Sometimes it might be a low money month so you have to get it from a cheap place.....remember cheap can mean your pizza will not have a personality. It also might mean that the crust will be rubbery and taste like it came from the dump.

You also may want to consider how long the place takes to cook your pizza and how far you have to travel or if they deliver. Can you imagine pizza delivery in our small home town? When pigs fly!

So now it's choosing the toppings. Will it be sausage or pepperoni or ham or hamburger or cheese only. Maybe anchovies swimming in your tomato sauce would be good. Ham on your green eggs might be a new one to try. Pineapple also baffles me....who wants a fruit pizza on top of tomato sauce ..... acheww .... makes me gag.

Next comes the veggies to accompany the meat. Will it be bad breath onions, or the jolly green peppers. You have to have a bit of fungi or it just isn't good.

It's ordered. 35 minutes from start to finish. Enter the place, pay the enormous price tag of $21.00 for a large pizza and now you're on your way home ..... the smell makes you sneak a slice. Sauce runs down your good shirt.....that's ruined for sure. Crumbs are now on the seat and the uneaten hard crust falls to the floor. The greasy napkin goes out the window cause you're trying to hide the fact that you just couldn't wait. (As if no one is gonna see that bare spot where that stolen slice used to sit.)

Sit back with a nice cola or a glass of beer, put up your feet, run through the channels on the boob tube and get the sauce all over the remote and the chair. Time to take a bath to get all of the remains of your pizza off.

Until the next time.......pizza! The food of the gods.