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A Helpful Waitress

Jim: “We don’t eat dairy, eggs, meat, soy, gluten, or nuts.” Sarah, Jim’s wife: “What do you recommend?” Waitress:  “A taxi.”

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George Neville: his archbishop of York’s feast 1465

There were 3,000 guests and the feast lasted a week:- “There was a frenzy of butchery. The carcasses disembowelled, plucked, prepared and dressed for the occasion included 1,000 sheep, 500 deer of various varieties, 400 swans, 2,000 each of pigs … Continue reading

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