Sunday, March 14, 2004

The Mailbag..

My mom forwarded the following email, very closely related to something over at Mr. Grooism a few weeks back (right here):
"Sounds like a good diet to me
Can't eat beef........mad cow.
Can't eat chicken...... bird flu
Can't eat eggs...... again, bird flu
Can't eat pork.....fears that bird flu will infect piggies
Can't eat fish....... heavy metals in the waters has poisoned their meat
Can't eat fruits and veggies....... insecticides and herbicides
Hmmmm! I believe that leaves Chocolate!"

That would be the answer to all our dietary quandaries, except that, as noted here by Reuters, the cocoa tree is being ravaged by a fungus that threatens to endanger the world's cocoa supply. This bring me back to what I wrote Larry after he posted the about vampire cows, which was in essence: "eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow, they will find that everything we eat, drink, and do to be merry including breathing will kill us."

Let's not forget that venison is now in danger of a form of Mad Deer disease, and that the last couple outbreaks of food poisoning were traced to contaminated vegetables. Can Emu Flu and Mad Bison be far behind?

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