Forrest Gump

It occurred to me yesterday while trying to fall asleep that it’s baffling why the Forrest Gump quote - “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” – became so popular.

The comparison is hardly accurate. For one, a box of chocolates is guaranteed to be delicious, unlike life, which has more downs than ups. (Unless, of course, you’re one of those people who don’t like chocolates.)

If life were a box of chocolates, it’d be a whole box full of 90% bitter chocolate given to someone hoping for milk chocolate instead. It’d also be a box of chocolate which declares “Leonidas” or “Neuhaus” on the box but turns out to be Hershey’s on the inside. It’d also be like you the receiver opening the box to look in, only to have your colleagues help themselves to a piece each, leaving you with hardly any left to savour.