A Grandpa Moment - John Dunn - IEEE Consultants' Network of Long Island

June 08, 2022

A Grandpa Moment - John Dunn

One of my grandsons, Artie, age eight, came over and asked "Grandpa, do you love me?"

My eyebrows must have reached the stratosphere with that one. I said back "I love you more than chocolate itself." whereupon Artie gave me an astonished look so I asked "Do you know what that means?"

Artie said "You love me more than chocolate." to which I replied "Yes, but there's more to it than that."

I went on "A long time ago, I was in a store where some coffee mugs were on display and on the side of one of the mugs was a cartoon picture of a hippopotamus, smiling and looking out at you the viewer and saying 'I love you more than chocolate itself.'

That hippopotamus loves chocolate way more than a whole bunch of other things. For that hippopotamus, chocolate stands out and apart from everything else, as something special and all by itself and then above that, the hippopotamus loves you even more which is how I love you even more than chocolate itself!!"

Artie's grin went from ear to ear.

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June 08, 2022