Deborah Lewis

> ***If left to his own devices, my son would
> eat sugar all day.***

>He might if sugar has been a rare and restricted thing. It works that
> way for some people. If a thing has been very limited, when it finally
> becomes available it takes a while for them to feel like they've had
> enough.

So, I can't say what I mean...

I assumed the poster meant sweets when she wrote sugar, so I said sugar.
But Sandra is right, no one would eat *just* sugar all day. (Not even
Julian!<g>)

What about sweets? If a kid is eating cake and cookies he's getting
sugar but he's also getting flour and oil, which are in bread and other
foods, and unless you're vegan, milk and/or eggs which are considered by
some to be food products in their own right. Maybe they're getting
peanut butter or oatmeal, too.

Does anybody say, ever, - if left to his own devices my kid would eat
flour all day- ? <g>

Cars and stairs and slippery shower stalls offer greater dangers every
day than cookies and pie. *People* are a greater danger everyday than
Snickers bars.

OH! A boy came to play with Dylan yesterday and saw the pigeons. He
said "Pigeons spread disease!" and Dylan said "Name one disease you ever
caught from a pigeon! *People* spread disease to people."

What that has to do with sugar, I can't say. <g>

Deb L, who must need more caffeine...

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In a message dated 6/25/03 8:01:14 AM, ddzimlew@... writes:

<< OH! A boy came to play with Dylan yesterday and saw the pigeons. He
said "Pigeons spread disease!" and Dylan said "Name one disease you ever
caught from a pigeon! *People* spread disease to people."
>>

Good for Dylan.

Pigeons spread disease!?

City-pigeons crap on concrete, making concrete more dangerous to walk on,
maybe. <g>
I don't even think they spread disease to other birds! And they rid the
world of discarded French fries. (Chips, for English pigeons, if there are
English pigeons.)


Sandra

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In a message dated 6/25/2003 12:28:33 PM Eastern Standard Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:

> Pigeons spread disease!?
>
> City-pigeons crap on concrete, making concrete more dangerous to walk on,
> maybe. <g>
> I don't even think they spread disease to other birds! And they rid the
> world of discarded French fries. (Chips, for English pigeons, if there are
> English pigeons.)
>
I read a great book once, "How to Survive Without a Salary" and the guy and
his family sometimes ate pigeons for dinner. They had a big barn inhabited by
pigeons and would just trap them then cook them. Kinda like poor man's
cornish hen. He said they were almost the same.

Nancy


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