More than just a sucker

More than just a sucker

My eyes brighten up as I slowly maneuver it in my hands, trying to find out which is the most efficient way to open it. I can seem to find the perfect way to tear into it. As my heart races, I start to panic, it needs to be open now! My mouth is watering I can postpone my anxiety any longer. Then finally the perfect tear. I have now, with much suspense opened the most beautiful thing known to mankind….  A caramel apple sucker.

There is just something about these wonderful treats that bring my happiness to an all-time high. It could be the perfect combination of sour and sweet, or maybe it’s the way the caramel gets slightly stuck to your teeth as you are trying to enjoy it. These suckers aren’t like any other, they are like extreme sucks. Your average sucker is your normal dumb dumb, but these, there are so much more.

As you have difficulties opening these suckers, your suspension of the wonderful taste just builds. Then finally you get it, you are now ready to have a party in your mouth. At first its only the caramel you can taste, and its magically delicious. Then suddenly as your eyes turn to slits and your face scrunches up like a bunny you get the sour green apple taste. The taste is just half the fun.

As you are enjoying your sucker, you don’t want to take it out of your mouth. But then it pops in your mind that you can’t even possible take it out of your mouth. The stickiness of the caramel has cemented to the roof of your mouth. What else is there to do besides panic? As you are panicking you reach for the stick of the sucker to yank it in hopes of loosening the bond.  No such luck, the weak stick has only become detached to the sucker and even more panic has set it. Now you have what is like a caramel apple retainer stuck, blocking any chance you had to swallow let alone breath. As you start to drool, with that lack of your swallowing ability, your panic level has never been so high. At last, through all the panic, you finally you manage to scrape off most of your caramel apple retainer. Although this may seem like hell at first there are many good things that can come out of this experience.

1.       A great story

2.       A great blog

3.       A great laugh

4.       A snack for later, with the pieces that are still attached

5.       Entertainment for others

6.       A new invention for orthodontist offices

Not only are these suckers delicious, they are much more than that. They are a new story whenever you have one.

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