I don’t remember this but I have been told that when I was a little boy I had this Howdy Dowdy puppet. Do you remember Howdy Dowdy, Buffalo Bob, Clarabell, and the Peanut Gallery? Anyway I was told that when I would come to the supper table that I always bought Howdy. My parents didn’t seem to mind because it looked like Howdy inspired me to eat all that was put before me. After several weeks of Howdy joining us for supper my parents noticed that Howdy had this awful smell. As it turned out I was shoving all the things that I didn’t like down Howdy. Like I said I don’t remember any of it but I do remember this. When food was left on the plate and I would ask to be excused my mother would tell me about all the starving kids in this world and make me eat everything. I seem to have carried that into adult life. I no longer do the physical work that I did when I worked as a commercial waterman. I don’t burn the calories off as easily as I use too but I can’t seem to leave the table if there is even the tiniest of morsels left. Does anyone know of a good shrink or maybe a hypnotist? I’ve got to get past this feeling that I’m responsible for world hunger if I leave some brussel spouts on my plate.