I come last night to find that I was walking into the middle of a birthday party that my wife was hosting. She had a number of her friends crammed into our place and they all seemed to be having a good time. I take turns between being slightly social and focusing only on my computer screen. Pretty soon it's time to sing the gay little birthday song and cut the cake. The cake is passed around and I skip it since I think it looks nasty and inedible. The rest of the quests seem to enjoy it. Before we know it the one guest is in the bathroom prematurely returning all the food that she ate at the party from the improper end........a nice way of saying she was barfing. When she comes out everyone is asking her what is wrong. She assures everyone it can't be what she drank since she hasn't had much and normally consumes far more at other parties. Then she casually adds that she is highly allergic to egg whites. When asked why on earth she ate the cake she says it just looked good and she had to have some.

It's not a bit part of the story but it might help say that she is a pretty big girl. But size doesn't matter so much when the real problem is gluttony. I would imagine that such a severe and gross reaction to a food item would cause most folks to avoid these irritating items. This option is something this girl just doesn't even considering when presented with a huge slice of something she'll only be keeping down for a short period of time. To add another level of madness to the story this girl's mother was sitting next to her, obviously knew about the allergy and still let her daughter chow down. There is a candy that I enjoy that causes the inside of my mouth to become extremely irritated. It took me one time to find this out and other time to confirm that the culprit was indeed the candy before I swore the stuff off. I'm not better than her, or in much better health than her but I know when to say no to something my body isn't going to get along with.