I'VE WON, I'VE WON.....IT'S THE GOLDEN TEDDY BEAR!

A few days after posting my last blog entry I had sat down at Mom and Dad's and read it to my parents. My Dad was proud and did laugh along with my mom and sister. Then of course we all started reminicing about other "funny dad stories". This one is something I had honstly forgotten about until my mom brought it up. I thought I HAVE TO BLOG THIS..and so I am.

**Disclaimer** I did advise my father I would be blogging this story and he was totally fine with my telling his sad "GOLDEN TEDDY BEAR" story. He hopes you all feel sorry for him and scold me for laughing at his pain!!**


The Tiny Golden Teddy Bear.

Ever since I can remember my dad has ALWAYS carried his lunch to work. In his lunch box was ALWAYS the same thing. A ham sandwich with tomato and mayo on white bread, fruit cock tail that we put in a small tupperware bowl and a little debbie snack cake. At the beginning of the week we would open a can of fruit cock tail and dump it into a bowl. Then we would scoop out enough for his lunch each day.

This one particular day my Dad came home VERY EXCITED! He was telling my mother that HE MUST HAVE WON SOMETHING! He has to see the fruit cock tail can. My mom of course thinking he had lost his mind asked why. He explained that when he went to lunch he was eating his fruit cock tail and discovered a little Teddy Bear floating in it. It MUST mean that the makers must have a contest going on for the person who got the "Golden Teddy Bear". We could be millionaires or owners of a brand new car and not even know it!!! My mother asks to see this "prized bear". My dad excitedly pulls his small tupper wear bowl out of his lunch box, opens it and presents his "winning bear" to my mother. My mom starts to laugh HYSTERICALLY! Dad says "What the heck are you laughing at!?" My mom finally got herself together and explained. This "prized bear" that my poor dad had saved was actually a huge swollen up gummy bear. My sister and I had a bag of gummy bears we had been snacking on. For some reason we put them in the fridge. Well a gold colored one had fallen into Dad's fruit cock tail and soaked up all the juices....making it swell into GIGANTO GUMMY BEAR. When Dad found it he thought he had hit the Jackpot......he threw the fat gummy into the trash heartbroken and disapointed. I don't think I have seen him eat another gummy bear since that day.