Cheri wrote:
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> > wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 27 Nov 2015 10:38:01 -0000, "Ophelia" >
>> wrote:
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>>>
>>>
>>> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
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>>>>
>>>> The key is not to eat until one is full, it is to eat until one is
>>>> no longer hungry.
>>>>
>>>> My generation was always told to clean our plates, but not forced.
>>>> Still,
>>>> it was always because kids somewhere were starving and somehow if
>>>> we ate all our food, it would help them. The purpose of the message
>>>> got lost in translation.
>>>
>>> Same here <g> I had to clear my plate because of all the starving
>>> children
>>> in the world. They never did say how it helped them.
>>
>> I said that to my son and he lifted his plate towards me and said "You
>> can send them this then"
>
> LOL, I think every kid in the world has said that.
>
> Cheri


You're like a human haiku.

In spartan few words you say volumes.

It's a fascinating trait frankly.