Chalk this one up to a really, really bad case of forgetfulness.

According to a June 10 AP story, an Israeli woman bought her elderly mother a new bed as a surprise and threw out the old mattress. It wasn't until the next morning that she found out that her mother had hidden her life savings inside that old mattress -- almost $1 million.

The mattress had already been carried away by garbage collectors, so she went to the landfill and frantically began searching for the mattress with its hidden treasure -- searching among the 2,500 tons of trash that arrives at that landfill each day.

The AP story indicated the woman claimed her money "was in U.S. dollars and Israeli shekels. She refused to say how she acquired such a large sum. 'It was all my money in the world,' she said. There was no way to verify her claims, and she refused to disclose key details. Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said he was not familiar with the case and no report had been filed."

Now I have nothing against technology or social networking sites or texting. But here's my question...
I am currently enjoying a bag of a particular brand of chocolate that often packages the pieces with a saying or message of some kind inside each morsel's wrapper. I'm first and foremost after the chocolate and so generally ignore the messages, but one caught my eye today. To quote: "Go ahead, have another :-)".
It's a chocolate, not my cell phone or e-mail. Does noboby recognize a smiley-face anymore if it's not turned on its side?