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11/30/2015

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e’d slimmed out. Stopped eating junk food. He ran every morning. He got a degree, and then another one. He found a job. Not one he loved, but he made decent money and the holidays were nice. He married someone who saw the good in him and treated him well. They were talking about having a kid. Maybe two. His parents were proud of him.
    People liked him. He was loved by the few that matter.
    But still, sometimes a stranger, walking by him on a street, would stop, turn back and watch him go. They’d shake their head. He could be beautiful, they’d think, if he’d just stop eating chocolate bars.

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Tandy
11/30/2015 01:30:53 pm

So obscure! Yet I recall at the very end of that original commercial, he shows up with an acne-free face. :)

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