So, I was watching this Marshmallow Kid Test on TV this morning. Let me set up the premise here. They took one four year old girl, one single marshmallow, and one bag of marshmallows on a table. The girl sat in a chair while a "grown-up" told her she can have the one marshmallow right now if she wanted when he leaves the room, but if she didn't eat it, then she could have the whole bag when he got back. The guy leaves the room and for over two and a half minutes a doctor and a reporter sit and discuss what the girl is thinking. Why?..... Why? Why? Why? It sounded like they were commentating a golf match. Whispering, "What do you think she's going to do now? "She must be struggling with this one." "Why is she talking to herself?" "What the fuck?". Now, I know everyone is dying to find out what the little girl did! Guess what, she didn't eat the one marshmallow, so she got the whole bag. I watched in horror as she sat there doing nothing. Then, I found out she was the youngest of three. I guess when you have siblings, its ok to wait and get what you want and if you don't get it, its ok too. Well, being an only child, this is how it would have gone down if I sat in that chair when I was four.

Grown-up - "Ragan, if you don't eat that one marshmallow by the time I get back then you can have that whole bag!"

Me - "Right on Brother. Rock n Roll."

Grown-up - "OK then.... and if you're good I will buy you any toy you want."

Well, that last part I made up but that's how it used to be. So back to me sitting at the table. I would be sitting there wondering how I could get that whole bag right now without waiting for that smart-ass grown-up to come back in. Fuck it. I'd tear into the whole bag as soon as the door closed and start eating away. When the dude would come back in, the bag would be empty (cuz I can eat a whole bag of marshmallows in under two and a half minutes) and I'd have sticky fingers, but that one lone marshmallow, that he told me not to eat so that I could have the whole bag, would still be on the table. I didn't eat it, so technically I could have the bag. I just got a head start. What's wrong with kids these days?