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Default Stuff you ate as a kid-but you know is bad for you now but......

i've told this i think

one time, when I was about 4 yrs old (im only 6 yrs old now)
I ate a bigblackfuzzy catipillar...my moms saw me reaching for it...by the
time she got to me, I was making faces, and was swallowing the little fella.
the doc told her..it's fine it will pass.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> Kswck wrote:
>
> > > What can you have eaten as a child and it was bad for you?!? Too much
> > > of something perhaps - but stuff like cookies or cheese or canned
> > > pasta are not "bad for you" per se - only if you eat only that.

> >
> > Try convincing a child that McDonald's is not good for you.
> > That stuff doesn't even qualify as 'food'.

>
> I managed. I was in "the city" with my son when he was about 8. We had

been to
> the museum and he wanted to go to McDs, though he probably knew he didn't

have
> much hope of me taking him there. We went to a nice restaurant a few doors

down
> from McDs where he had a burger and fries. The burger was a lot bigger and

a lot
> better than McDs and the fries were also a lot better and a much bigger

order.
> We discussed the difference between the two places. He never asked to go

to McDs
> again and as far as I know, now that he is out on his own, he still is not

a
> fan.
>
>