the davidsonienne •

When I was born, my parents had cute little chocolate bars made to announce my gender: herSHEy bars.  (I was trying to show you a picture but it isn’t working!) 

So cute!  I normally don’t go out of my way to purchase candy bars, but today, as I was coming in from a fake fire alarm in which the alarm never actually sounded on my floor and no one was evacuated (doesn’t that just make you feel so safe?), a building worker was handing out Hershey’s bars.  And since when am I one to turn down free chocolate?  We are in an economic depression, after all, so I better eat all the free food that comes my way.  I thought the treat would balance out my coffee nicely, so I dove in, but only after reading the label for the usual allergen disclaimer.  But… there was none!  A regular candy bar, with no disclaimer.  That’s odd… I thought, so I went to the Hershey website, where I found their allergen information.  Except there isn’t a disclaimer at all!  They try to avoid cross-contamination!  I knew I loved you, Hershey bars.  Such a cute coincidence that my parents had the clairvoyance to send my birth notices out on nut-friendly candy bars.  Good job, Mom & Dad!