Little Sayings

We usually have a bag of Dove dark chocolates around the house. Sometimes with my coffee I like to have a little piece of dark chocolate. Every piece of dark chocolate is individually wrapped, and each wrapper has a little saying on the inside. Here are a few examples:

• Promise yourself more moments like this.
• Share a smile with someone you love.
• Push yourself to notice the extraordinary in the ordinary.

Aubrey and I like these little sayings. Sometimes she'll leave one of the wrappers on my desk in front of the keyboard. Sometimes I'll leave one on her desk. It's a fun little game we play.

Then, one day I opened up my wrapper and found this saying:

• Wink at a stranger today while you're driving.

That kind of gave me the creeps. Most messages are pretty mild. But this one bothered me a little. I can't put my finger on it, but it felt sleazy and creepy. Something about just randomly winking at a stranger threw me for a bit of a loop. I've never been one for flirting with strangers, so maybe it's just me.

At any rate, I started thinking about how funny it would be to come up with intentionally creepy or cryptic messages to go inside my own Dove chocolate wrappers.

Here are some I thought of:

• One little punch can ruin a pretty mouth.
• You won't hear the clown's laughter after you're dead.
• Smile! It might be your last chance.

Think of some of your own creepy wrapper sayings. Feel free to post them in our comments here. Or post them to your own blog. This is kind of inspired by the short short story, which Hemingway made famous with his six word short story, which goes like this:

For sale: Baby shoes, Never worn.

Yes that's the entire story.

Post away.