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Default Do you overeat at buffets?

On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:23:05 -0700, "Cheri" >
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>"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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>> A good philosophy. Especially the "You can take what you want but
>> you have to eat what you take" part.
>>
>> I believe that children should be taught to calculate their needs
>> properly and to respect and honor the fact that everything on the
>> table came from someone's efforts, to grow, transport, cook, serve,
>> etc.
>>
>> Evelyn

>
>I like to tell this story...once when I took a big helping, and I mean big
>helping of my mom's canned cherries, she asked if I'm sure I'm going to want
>all of that. I said yes. Well, I didn't really want all of that and couldn't
>finish, so I did sit at that damned kitchen table looking at those cherries
>for a very long time before she set me free...to never do that again. LOL
>
>Cheri



Your mom was a wise woman. Wisdom is unfortunately a very rare trait.

Evelyn