Better Than Ants In Your Pants...

Today I was walking downtown with a friend, who is not very tall, so maybe he notices things on the ground more than most. His naturopath has him on a grain-free diet, so he gets intense cravings for carbs. Well, you can imagine then, how the half-eaten pretzel we passed caught his eye. Before I could stop him, he had it in his mouth, and was chewing maniacally. Wild eyed,he could not be stopped. Suddenly, mid frenzy, my friend dropped his lucky find. I figured that maybe someone had loaded that bad Larry with Tapatio or Sriracha and he just couldn't handle the heat. I didn't mention the pretzel incident I'd just witnessed, out of respect for his feelings. I figured he was probably embarrassed enough as it was. When we reached my car, my friend started having a meltdown in the passenger seat. Turns out, that tasty pretzel was loaded with ants (I ran back and examined the evidence while

he wasn't looking)... teeming with ants. Did I mention there were a LOT of ants on that thing? Anyway, I spent a fair amount of time today, picking live ants out of my friend "P's" unruly beard. He was thankful, humbled and relieved.I can't say he'll never try something like this again, but I bet he'll have a closer look before he leaps next time!