Vegetables taste like ... vegetables

"We need to eat more green things," he said.

"OK. But I like white things too," I said.

"Riiiight. But, a lot less sugar, though. No more potatoes for every meal. No more light bread."

"But I like potatoes and sugar and bread."

"I know. That's why we're getting fat. No more Grandma Schroeder cookies every day."

BLASPHEMY.

"Or, we could start running. You know, before you go to work," he tried.

"No. No, my day's already ruined by then. I don't want to run, too. How about two cookies a day?"

"Two?"

"Yeah, I usually eat four. I'm cutting down," I said.

"Oh my God."