The answer is obvious. I'm off to Hershey's Chocolate World in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Throughout the building is the smell of "sweet", sort of like inhaling cotton candy. They have a ride, "free" if you will, called the "Chocolate Tour Ride", which is a lot like "Its A Small World" at Disney World. The never-ending chorus, led by the cow-mannequins Gabby, Harmony and Olympia, sings the stirring message of the wonders of chocolate confections. The theme is uplifting: What is the most important ingredient in the Hershey's Chocolate Bar? Chocolate! No. SUGAR!! No. Its.......milk. You don't believe me? Click on the video and the video and the video. Nature's most perfect food transformed into a diabetic's bad dream. But even I, fearless warrior, succumb in part to these rhythmic and odoriferous entreaties, and like everybody in this "free" place, I buy. But not much. I pass by the endless displays of 72 Hershey's candy bars for $25. I glance away from the orange visual cacophony of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. I look to the less-obtrusive offerings and select a package of Moana Loa Milk Chocolate Macadamias and a box of Reese's Peanut Butter Whoppers. With that I am able to escape.
But not completely. Everywhere I go I see orange daylilies along the roadside. Are they another subliminal message from Gabby, Harmony and Olympia?
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