Me, holding out a miniature hot dog, rendered in jelly candy: So where did you get this again?
Mike: One of the teachers at school.
Me: Ah.
Mike: Are you going to eat it? It looks disgusting.
Me: I’m curious. I’m sure it is disgusting, but I want to know what it tastes like. It looks like plastic. (I take a nibble.) Ew. It tastes like plastic. Why did she give you this candy?
Mike: I don’t know. (Pause) It is candy, isn’t it? Maybe it’s an eraser.
HAH! Oh man, those erasers are perilous! They do look just like candy.
How scary is it that we would eat something that looks like it’s made of rubber and belongs in a pencil case?