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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsGrandmother Can't Trust Herself To Keep Raisins In House

WICHITA, KSAdmitting that the tempting dried fruit would ruin her figure, local grandmother Linda Donovan told reporters Friday that she cant trust herself to keep raisins in the house.
I used to keep a canister up in a high cabinet that I couldnt reach without hurting myself, but Ive decided its more responsible to remove them from my home entirely, said Donovan, adding that she now only allows herself to enjoy raisins at restaurants.
Dried grapes? Dont let me near them! Oh my goodness, I used to polish off an entire 130-calorie serving in one sitting. Not only are raisins overly decadent, but those natural sugars will have me bouncing off the walls. The last time I had raisins, I was up until 7 p.m. talking my friend Eileens ear off about the new James Patterson novel on the telephone. It would be nice to have them in the house as a treat for the grandkids, but this is for the best. Who has the willpower to resist raisins?
At press time, Donovan was indulging herself in an afternoon of hedonistic debauchery after discovering an old package of prunes in the refrigerator.
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Zorro
Saturday
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LOL. Those little red boxes of Sun-maid raisins were about the only treat my Mom would let us have...
hlthe2b
Saturday
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Oh, dear - how dull! My folks let us have cookies. We had, like, apples, too...
electric_blue68
Saturday
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hlthe2b
(112,345 posts)1. LOL. Those little red boxes of Sun-maid raisins were about the only treat my Mom would let us have...
Funny...
electric_blue68
(25,211 posts)4. Oh, dear - how dull! My folks let us have cookies. We had, like, apples, too...
But when I was playing in the neighborhood park I'd run over to see my mom, and she'd thrust a box of those god-awful mini pack of Sunmaid raisins at me! 😄😑😑 I hated them!
Lars39
(26,476 posts)2. And don't get me started about those golden raisins either! lol
JoseBalow
(9,023 posts)3. I thought was going to be about trying to avoid
accidentally poisoning the dog.