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The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for December 15, 2012
December 14, 2012
December 16, 2012
Transcript:
Woman: My, you have a lot of food in your cart, Gladys! Your hubby must be a heavy eater!
Gladys: My Brutus? Why, he eats like a bird!
Gladys: A vulture, that is!
Vultures eat meat. Birds in general eat several times their weight. So the saying, “eats like a bird” aimed at someone who picks at their food is misleading.
cbrsarah over 12 years ago
Vultures eat meat. Birds in general eat several times their weight. So the saying, “eats like a bird” aimed at someone who picks at their food is misleading.
btirva5940 over 12 years ago
I would say he eats a peck at a time.
x_Tech over 12 years ago
Is that Cuddles from PBS in her cart?
rgcviper over 12 years ago
@Sturmmi14[SNERK] The line about vultures made me laugh.
@x_TechGood eye—that does look like Cuddles. I missed that, too.
Seeker149 Premium Member about 12 years ago
Anyone who owns birds knows that they make the pigs in another “eating” idiom appear downright anorexic.