“No, not at all!” Mrs. Hyman replies.
They chat for an hour and as Rabbi Epstein stands to leave, he realizes that instead of eating just a few peanuts, he emptied most of the bowl. “I’m terribly sorry for eating all your peanuts, I really just meant to eat a few.”
“Oh, that’s all right,” Mrs. Hyman says. “Ever since I lost my teeth all I can do is suck the chocolate off them.”