"It's the ice cream man," they shout, scrambling for their own money or begging their mothers for some. They flock to the street, waiting to satisfy the craving they didn't even know they had.
I keep a constant supply of fudge bars and twin pops in the freezer for just such an occasion. For the same price as indulging a momentary craving for a minute, I can fill the same craving in all my kids for a week or more.
I don't respond to Pavlov's call. Not when it sings "Turkey in the Straw" (which I find immensely annoying). I must admit, though, that the theme song for the NPR news quiz makes me want to take a walk. And I suspect they put the milk at Safeway right by the donut case for a reason.
How 'bout you? Do you have any pre-conditioned responses?
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Starbucks. I pass FIVE of them on the way to work.
I've knee-jerked my way this far without having to list my "salivators". Do I have to start now?
I have so many of them. To name a few . . .
Movies at the theater = Popcorn (probably why I can only afford one movie about every two years!)
The smell of Crayons in the store = BUY them! Intoxicatingly enticing to me.
Albuquerque Isotopes baseball games = Dippin' Dots.
Every time I go to Grand Central Fred Meyer I am drawn, like the proverbial moth to the flame, to the cheese display and the little cheese sample display that looks like George Jetson's car. When it is empty I just sort of wander around looking at cheese for a while and then go see if they have samples in the meat/fish department.
I am told that a Cosco membership is worth it just for the samples...hmmm, do they have cheese?
ivars when in mukilteo...drawing me in like a moth to a flame.
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