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Default Carp + Raw Tiger Nuts = Bad Idea

On Aug 19, 11:46*am, (jj) wrote:
> This post is not about tiger testes.
> Any Economist Magazine readers out there?
> If so, did you catch the obituary of Benson the Carp?
> Yes, carp as in fish, not complain.
>
> http://www.economist.com/obituary/di...ry_id=14209766
>
> Benson was found terminally floating and something called Tiger Nuts
> may or may not have killed Benson. *It seems raw tiger nuts are bad as
> food for carp but cooked tiger nuts are not. *Also (cooked?) tiger
> nuts are used to make the Hispanic beverage Horchata.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyperus_esculentus
>
> And that's one of the new things I "learneded" today.
>
> Also, my requisite off topic political/healthcare related tidbit is
> linked below. It is a delightful political comic by Tom Tomorrow
> titled *"What if Democrats Behaved More Like Republicans???"
> Enjoy!http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/200...omo/index.html


I posted about this way last week.