Frogleg wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 20:23:01 -0400, "Bob (this one)" >
> wrote:
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>>Andy Lau wrote:
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>>>The following article was taken from a website in Malaysia known as
>>>Citra Spice Mart (M) Sdn Bhd that specialises in Fresh Pure Spices,
>>>Pulses and Herbs.
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>>
>>This is unfortunately inaccurate. Vegetarianism was invented by two
>>brothers, identical twins, one Lithuanian, the other Argentinian. Their
>>names were "Vegetari" and "Ianism" (that pesky double "I" was dropped
>>when it was found that Australians and Libertarians couldn't pronounce
>>it). They were upset with their parents and decided to not eat the
>>luscious yak nostrils and succulent polar bear livers their parents
>>liked, just to show them what for.
>
>
> Wise to stay away from polar bear livers. Toxic amounts of vitamin A,
> according to Adele Davis.

Um, that's why they were mentioned.

It was a, uh, joke. There weren't actually two brothers who...

Pastorio