Harry Potter and the Dastardly Decision
Last night I was faced with a terrible dilemma. It was late (but not too late), I was hungry, and I had to pick between two of my most beloved treats, Cocoa Puffs and Honey Nut Cheerios. What to do when faced with such a choice. I attempted to call my beacon of reason, the girlfriend, and ask her a series of questions in which she would unknowingly pick for me, but to my chagrin she did not answer. I tried flipping a coin; best two out of three and couldn’t decide how to properly decide the outcome. Do I let the coin fall to the ground or do I catch the coin, and if I do catch the coin, do I flip it over onto my wrist?
At this point the choices were spinning out of control. Just then, my roommate walks in and asks, hey I’m about to watch some Harry Potter, is that cool. Whew, finally an easy question. Of course, let’s watch some Harry Potter, that’s not even a decision, that’s like if the all natural Swedish bikini team asks for a spritzer, you spritz away. But just then she threw me a curve ball, which one do you wanna watch? At this point my head just hung. Now I have to choose between 5 Harry Potter movies. It was more than I could handle. I tried to think of which cereal would go best with which Harry Potter movie and if there was in fact a perfect coupling of Harry Potter movie and Coco Puffs or Honey Nut Cheerios. Again, disappointment, I couldn’t think of any scenario in which cereal and movie would meet perfectly, except the obvious Count Chocula/any Dracula movie combination. Okay I thought, let’s work on first things first, which Harry Potter did I like the most, I think it’s personally a two way tie with 4 and 5, with 3 not being too far behind. Okay so let’s go with 4 or 5, I asked the roommate to pick which of the two she would rather watch and she told me that she would rather get ready for the new movie, which opens next week and watch the 5th. Whew decision averted, now back to my original predicament, which cereal to enjoy. Just then I remembered that I had eaten Honey Nut Cheerios the day before. What was I thinking; obviously I had to eat Cocoa Puffs. Just then the girlfriend called asking what the emergency was, “nothing” I proudly stated, “I’ve got it all figured out.”