Larry Moran discusses whether dogs are really poisoned by chocolate. His conclusion is that "It's probably better to be safe than sorry. If you have a dog then it's a good idea to remove all chocolate from the house. If you have a dog and a wife/girlfriend then you have to make a hard choice."
There's nothing hard about it. Eat all the chocolate yourself. Oy!
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-- Morgan
Moran obviously has a very warped set of priorities. The proper formulation should read:
"It's probably better to be safe than sorry. If you have chocolate then it's a good idea to remove all dogs from the house. If you have chocolate and a wife/girlfriend then you have to make a hard choice: eat all of the chocolate before she gets home or share."
Just for the record, I always share.