Data points:
- New Jersey: 87.4%
- North Dakota: 85.9%
- Wisconsin: 83.8%
- Minnesota: 82.6%
- Pennsylvania: 80.5%
- Iowa: 80.5%
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A Note for the Granddaughters
Ben and Jerry's ice cream was on special so they each got to pick their favorite.
The younger one chose "Cherry Garcia" since she recognized "Garcia" as the maternal family name. The older one said the younger one did not like cherries and would not like this selection.
Sure enough, later that evening when eating ice cream, the younger one said she did not care for Cherry Garcia because she didn't like cherries.
The older one, always being helpful, pointed out that it was always important to read the ingredients carefully.
In this case, one hardly had to read the ingredients carefully. The name of the ice cream would have been a huge tip-off.
["Anonymous" had requested a stand-alone story about the granddaughters. As noted at the time, the stand-alone post would "self-destruct" in 24 hours. Just before self-destruction, it was rescued and re-posted here, along with the two original comments. I'm sure "anonymous" will be happy.]
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Addendum
Tonight while going through some end-of-year paperwork, we came across our older (8-year-old) granddaughter's "science lab book" which we had not seen during the year. We read her notes to the first experiment that they did earlier in the year. I am not sure what the experiment was all about but it had something to with "dropping water on pennies."
However, her spelling was apparently not checked at the time. She spelled "pennies" with one "n" and only the first "e." Or maybe it was an anatomy lesson. Who knows? (Rhetorical question.)
