Do you have butterflies?
Yes, you! Don’t look around — I’m talking to you.
When? Right now.
People get butterflies when they fall in love, right? So when you fall in love, you feel them too, don’t you? See…

But listen — if people get butterflies when they fall in love… do butterflies get people when they fall in love?No? Then what do ants get?
Seriously now. What do ants in love feel?

Fleas? That can’t be. Dogs have fleas!
And fleas — do they fall in love?
No? Why not?
Ah, of course. Fleas are players. Got it. That’s probably where that expression comes from — “you won’t make many fleas here”… Makes total sense now.

But wait — you really don’t have butterflies? Not even a sad, tired one flapping around in there?
That’s rough.
What about caterpillars?
Okay, yes — caterpillars are kind of butterflies… but not really. You get caterpillars when you eat too much green. You get butterflies when you fall head over heels.

What’s that? Larvae?
Oh please. You either have butterflies or you don’t.
You can’t start with larvae or beetles or whatever your digestive tract is doing today.

Fine. Let me ask you something simpler.

What do you feel about daisies?

Yes, those daisies. What kind did you think I meant?
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