dessert logic -
The warped and twisted logic you use to legitimize the consumption of a sugary post-meal confection.
There are several basic arguments in dessert logic, a few of these are:
"I only had .... today" - where ... is either a relatively short list of foods, or a prevaricatively short list of foods.
"Well, I had a salad for dinner..." - where "salad" is a greasy chicken caesar salad with cheese and grease on the side.
"I haven't had .... in a while" - where a while is more than a day
"Well this doesn't look TOO bad for me..." - while referring to the apple cheesecake instead of the triple-chocolate cake of death and heart failure.
The list goes on and on. If it wasn't for dessert logic, I'm sure most of us would talk ourselves out of it every time.
Mm... I only had some chinese food today... maybe I'll have a nice slice of carrot cake after dinner... carrots are good for me, right?