On Monday, June 22, 2020 at 8:05:33 PM UTC-4, danny burstein wrote:
In Jim Joyce writes:

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One of the late night shows did a street segment where they asked people if
they masticate, and if so, how often and when was the last time. Keep in
mind that they can cut and edit the video for maximum comedic effect, but
plenty of people answered as if they'd been asked about masturbate rather
than masticate.

Brings to mind this classic, it does, and a tear to the eye,
from Mad Magazine, 1970

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Let us take a very quick look at that childhood: It is a known fact
that, on a number of occasions, he emulated older boys at a certain
playground. It is also known that his parents not only permitted
him to masticate excessively in their presence, but even urged him
to do so. Most explicable of all, this man who poses as a paragon of
virtue exacerbated his own sister while they were both teenagers !
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I remember reading that issue of Mad magazine. A tear, indeed.

Cindy Hamilton