
When I was a little kid, I loved spending time with my grandparents. As is the case with most grandparents, they let me do whatever I want. Whether it was eating a full carton of ice cream or playing with a machete, they let me get away with anything. When I would spend the night at their house, my grandpa would usually stay with me in the guest room. This was always fun because we would stay up late and watch Arsenio or Letterman. I also loved it because my grandpa always kept lemon drops in a candy dish next to the bed. During the day I would sneak in and eat a few, and I’d grab one before I went to bed and chomp on it until it was gone.
While this may sound heartwarming and touching, I’ve neglected to mention one little fact–a fact I wasn’t aware of until several years ago; a fact my grandpa didn’t even tell me before he passed away. You see, in my innocence, I thought I was reaping the benefits of a candy dish filled with lemon drops. In reality, they weren’t lemon drops at all. They were actually lemon cough drops that my grandpa would suck on before he went to bed. Instead of finishing them off, he would take them out of his mouth before he fell asleep and set them in the candy dish on the nightstand. Yep, I was chowing down on used cough drops.
My grandpa never stopped me or told me the truth. Knowing my family, it’s probably because he thought it was funny and didn’t want to ruin a very funny thing. In hindsight, it is pretty funny, but it taught me a lesson in why you should never take candy from old people.
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