Pastry Immigration

Let this be a lesson to future baked goods.

This morning after capoeira, I went to the grocery store to buy some ginger.  I’ve had a sore throat and a cough for a few days (no Soldado it is not swine flu) and my mestre recommended drinking tea made by boiling ginger root.

I went to the grocery store, headed to the produce section, found a suitable chunk of ginger, and put it in my basket.  Then a strange thing happened.  I walked straight from the produce section to the checkout but somehow when I arrived at the checkout, there was also a chocolate cupcake in my basket.  It had obviously jumped in there when I wasn’t looking, thinking that it could smuggle itself out of the store that way.

I knew what had to be done.  Some people might think it is harsh, but sometimes justice requires a stern will.  The cupcake had to be punished for its attempt to flout the law and stow away in my bag, so I ate it, to set an example for the other cupcakes.

Baked goods: please stop jumping into my groceries when I am not looking. Why can’t you be more like the vegetables?  They always stay on their shelves!