PROJECT TWENTY-ONE
In Sickness And In Health

In sickness, EAT CHOCOLATE!
In health, EAT CHOCOLATE!

Chocolate comes from the seeds of three closely related species of tropical trees, Theobroma cacao, Theobroma pentagona, and Theobroma spherocarpa, all of which are in the Sterculiaceae family. Theobroma is an ancient Greek word that means God's Food. I think that means it's good for you in sickness and in health.

The Aztecs used to drink hot chocolate with ground up chili peppers in it. They were strange. Hot chocolate is really much better with marshmallows in it, in sickness and in health.

Chocolate contains a chemical called theobromine, which is sorta like caffeine but it tastes lots nicer. That means it's better for you in sickness and in health.

When our bike club goes for a ride, we've always gotta make sure there are plenty of chocolate chip cookies on the refreshment tables at the rest breaks. It would hardly do to run out. Chocolate chip cookies are a critical necessity for riding your bike, in sickness and in health.

Chocolate is the world's foremost aphrodisiac. You've always gotta keep a nice big box of chocolates handy when you're cuddling with your Main Squeeze. It makes loving lots better, in sickness and in health.

Rocket scientists live in Dilbert-cubicles. At the end of each row of Dilbert-cubicles there's a vending machine that sells chocolate bars. Any decent rocket scientist can tell you that you'll do much better rocket science when you've got plenty of chocolate, in sickness and in health.

Chocolate has lotsa nice calories. This is very helpful in preventing atrophy of the adipose tissue. I forget right at the moment just what in the heck adipose tissue is nor why you don't want to have any atrophy of it, but anyhow chocolate prevents it in sickness and in health.

Chocolate makes you smarter. Or maybe it doesn't. Or maybe it makes you think you're smart. Or maybe it just makes you feel like being smart. But anyhow, smartness is good for you in sickness and in health.

On a nice hot summer day there's just about nothing in this world that can match a nice triple dip chocolate ice cream cone, with all that nice juicy chocolate melting down onto your hand as you try to eat it fast enough. It's just the best thing for you in sickness and in health.

And what's more, I'll bet you won't have much trouble getting your kids to eat their chocolate. Hey, they know what's good for them in sickness and in health!