I just realized something...SAM-I-AM IS A FREAKING MANIAC! * Thank you Captain Obvious. * Considering that a sane person would just find someone else to offer the dish to, I concur, unless Sam has an ulterior motive. * He's a drug pusher. * Not meaning to be a Knight Templar, but aren't you reading somewhat disturbing meanings into a children's book? I always sort of saw it as a story with the moral that you won't know if you like something until you try it. Granted, Sam does carry on with this more than a real person probably would, but how else are you going to fill a book and get all those rhymes in? Again, not meaning to be overly zealous, just saying. * Sam is that annoying kid from school who would never stop talking to you. * Sam is trying to get Sam-I'm-Not to