After months of grappling with the conundrum of how he can possibly seem more adorable, former High School Musical stud Zac Efron finally stumbled upon a solution in Aspen, Colorado, on Sunday, when he discovered that, by posing for the cameras while petting a group of lovable pooches, he instantly becomes 17 percent more appealing.

Thankfully, Efron experienced his "eureka!" moment before he had to resort to his back-up plan: Donning a pair of shorts and a blond, curly wig while skipping around and pretending to lick a giant, novelty lollipop.


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