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Gryla
What do you say about eat-
ing chocolate? This winter,
what with Christmas, and
Valentine's Day, and soon
Easter, I have been a total pig!
I must have eaten three kilos of
chocolate! I can't stop, I guess.
But my boyfriend says it's
starting to show. That really
hurts, but I'm afraid he might
be right.
Can you give me some
advice, like if I should throw
him into a cement truck or
something? I'm feeling really
low.
Thanks,
Chocoholic
Toronto, ON
Dear Chocoholic,
You have so many prob-
lems 1 don't even know where
to start. Okay, first, why are
you eating chocolate if you're
trying to get fat? Why don't
you try something that actually
tastes GOOD, like musk ox
horns? I have a cousin in
Greenland who makes an
antler-and-tripe ice cream to
diefor. I'll send you the recipe.
Second, the fact that you can't
stop is a good thing; it's your
body telling you you're not big
enough yet. Keep eating.
Third, your boyfriend is obvi-
ously a man of the world; in
trollish circles, young suitors
always ply their trollkonur
with "Oh, you're my vast sack
oflard," or" You're so huge you
could prevent the midnight
sun." Your young man is just
trying to make you feel better.
So buck up girl, and try to
fatten up. And don't worry, I
have all this on good authority,
it's right here in my Human
Cookbook—er, ah, "health
book," I mean. Heh.
Dear Grýla,
I have trouble sleeping at
night. What do trolls do?
Insomniac
Wynyard, SK
Dear Insomniac,
Well, usually what we do is
wait ‘til you're asleep, and
THEN we come in, but in cases
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