So those of you who were paying attention will remember I left things off with the arrival of a monster gummy bear. Said gummy bear was, over a period of about 2 weeks, cut up into small pieces and summarily devoured. While I did have assistance from colleagues and The Zozo I did eat the lions share of The Beast and It Was Gooood 
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Of course, every silver lining has a cloud and activities such as eating roughly 100g of gummy a day, large lunches and tasty fattening dinners meant I got a bit bigger. The result: where I was taking in a box of gummy to eat every day for a snack I’m now taking a box of carrot. Same amount of food, same colour but one just doesn’t hit the spot like the other.
It’s no secret that I love gummy [sic] bears. The Zozo once even bought me a mug emblazoned with images of gummy bears and sporting the legend “Doms Gummy Bear Mug” [hence my choice of spelling for gummy]. The coup-de-grace was the fact the mug contained 1/2Lb (225g) of gummy bears. On other occasions gummy bears have been purchased for me on their own as simple presents, one that always goes down well with me. The other day, in celebration of our 19th monthaversary The Zozo bought me an orange gummy bear. Yes, you read that right. A gummy bear. Singular.
Now, before we start casting aspersions on The Zozos choice of gift I should point out something. While the picture above is a picture of a lone, orange gummy bear it’s not the one The Zozo bought me. It’s actually one I bought. The Zozos gummy bear isn’t in that picture. Bear with me here.
So by zooming out a little we start to see something next to the gummy bear I bought. If you bear in mind that my gummy bear is a bog standard orange Haribo Gummy Bear you might start to question what’s next to it.
Yes, The Zozo bought me the Mother Of All Gummy Bears. This beast is 24cm long, weighs 5lbs (2.3Kg), contains 12,500 calories, is 1,400 times larger than the normal gummy bear and is the largest gummy bear you can buy in the UK (if not the world). Eating it involves a chopping board; a large, sharp knife; and quite a few sittings. I’ve even carved a chunk into a bits and placed them in a container to take into work… and I’ve not even finished the legs off yet. I’m in gummy heaven 