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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (none / 1)

There was a snail in my allegedly vegan sandwich today.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Tue Jan 6th, 2009 at 05:03:01 PM EST

Having lunch, non? (4.00 / 3)

Snails are vegan, too!

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Tue Jan 6th, 2009 at 05:11:01 PM EST
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Re: Having lunch, non? (none / 1)

I was having lunch but strangely lost my appetite. And your logic doesn't work when I find a still alive snail in what would have been my next bite of food.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Tue Jan 6th, 2009 at 05:13:20 PM EST
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I meant (4.00 / 3)

the snail was having lunch :)

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Tue Jan 6th, 2009 at 05:53:37 PM EST
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Re: I meant (4.00 / 4)

On my lunch!!

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Tue Jan 6th, 2009 at 06:06:26 PM EST
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Re: Having lunch, non? (4.00 / 4)

We must be seriously misinformed about their turn of speed for one to beat you to that second bite.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Jan 7th, 2009 at 12:06:34 AM EST
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Re: Having lunch, non? (none / 1)

Well, at least you know their food is organic, no use of pesticides. :-)

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jan 7th, 2009 at 02:41:20 AM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (4.00 / 2)

What's worse than finding a snail in your sandwich ?

Finding half of one :-))

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Jan 6th, 2009 at 05:17:27 PM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (none / 1)

I once found a grasshopper in my salad greens. I guess the point is that if you insist on everything organic and farm fresh you're going to get some critters in your food now and then.

Besides, snails are what I technically classify as "meat-plants." I mean, they're really blurring that line, gastropods.

Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

by poemless on Tue Jan 6th, 2009 at 05:19:40 PM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (none / 0)

Bit like the Jains, the very strict vegetarian sect in India. Their diet was so poor that nutritionists couldn't work out how they got enough to stay alive. Turns out the protein balance was made up by bugs that got inadvertantly ground into their flour.

Shoulda asked for some garlic sauce.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Jan 6th, 2009 at 05:37:09 PM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (none / 1)

I do know someone who dealt with complaints at a certain unnamed breakfast cerial/buscuit factory, They did have one returned with half a mouse in the biscuit.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Jan 7th, 2009 at 12:08:26 AM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (4.00 / 3)

Cereal killer?

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

by Melanchthon on Wed Jan 7th, 2009 at 04:00:08 AM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (4.00 / 3)

That's a half-baked hypothesis.

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Wed Jan 7th, 2009 at 05:20:14 AM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (4.00 / 3)

Half-balked hypothesis are my bread and butter

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

by Melanchthon on Wed Jan 7th, 2009 at 07:20:39 AM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (4.00 / 3)

Me too! Lightly sautéed theories are part of my regular diet.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Jan 7th, 2009 at 07:27:48 AM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (4.00 / 2)

I light my theories raw and bloody.

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jan 7th, 2009 at 07:28:40 AM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (4.00 / 3)

Man, did i just self-censor myself very strongly.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Wed Jan 7th, 2009 at 07:34:44 AM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (none / 0)

Man, did I severely misspell 'like' as 'light'...

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jan 7th, 2009 at 07:42:20 AM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (4.00 / 5)

there was us thinking you prefered Theory Flambé

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Jan 7th, 2009 at 08:07:01 AM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (4.00 / 3)

Is that what they mean by a burning desire for knowledge?

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Wed Jan 7th, 2009 at 08:34:34 AM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (4.00 / 4)

you needa searing intelect for that.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Jan 7th, 2009 at 08:50:15 AM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (4.00 / 2)

That would be Auguste Pierre Flambé, the noted 19th Century French philosopher - and co-author, with James Frederick Ferrier, of 'Epistemologie, mon derriére'?

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Jan 7th, 2009 at 09:31:45 AM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (none / 1)

Oh dear, I just made a grave mistake...

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Jan 7th, 2009 at 09:32:22 AM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (4.00 / 2)

not a cute one?

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Jan 7th, 2009 at 09:38:14 AM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (none / 1)

"Accentüate the pôsitive!"

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Jan 7th, 2009 at 10:20:54 AM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (none / 0)

ŇèѶёř

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Jan 7th, 2009 at 10:39:39 AM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (none / 0)

You umlout, you....

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Jan 7th, 2009 at 10:46:40 AM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (none / 1)

most people say I'm a pain in the colon.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Jan 7th, 2009 at 10:59:57 AM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (none / 1)

Punk2Ation

<I've got nothing>

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Jan 7th, 2009 at 12:44:04 PM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (none / 1)

me neither.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Jan 7th, 2009 at 01:21:43 PM EST
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Re: Tuesday Open Thread (none / 1)

I could understand finding larvae in a sandwich, which has happened before but I don't really see how an entire snail made it through the greens washing process.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Wed Jan 7th, 2009 at 02:44:11 AM EST
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