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Better Than That

June 9, 2023 14 Comments

By Peter Cherches

“Is it edible?” she asked.

“I don’t know,” he said. “How do we find out?”

“Feed it to some animal, like a mouse or a squirrel, I suppose.”

“That’s so cruel,” he said, “to risk the life of an animal, even a small one, just to see if something’s edible?”

“Why not? I assume that’s how people always figured out whether things are edible, by experimenting on themselves and living or dying or getting sick, or by seeing how an animal reacts.”

“But we’re better than people who would experiment on animals, aren’t we?”

“You’re right,” she said. “You try it.”

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Comments

  1. Stella says

    June 9, 2023 at 10:47 am

    This made me LOL thanks

    Reply
  2. Scott Bogart says

    June 9, 2023 at 10:56 am

    Nice! Love the irony.

    Scott

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  3. Valli Boldini says

    June 9, 2023 at 11:02 am

    Still smiling… kudos…

    Reply
  4. Colette Parris says

    June 9, 2023 at 12:18 pm

    Ha! Great ending.

    Reply
  5. Tom Baldwin says

    June 9, 2023 at 9:19 pm

    Loved it!

    Reply
  6. John O’Keefe says

    June 13, 2023 at 5:40 pm

    Good job, Peterman!

    Reply
  7. Robin says

    June 14, 2023 at 7:58 am

    Ahahaha! Clever ending.

    Reply
  8. Kelly Louisa Balliu says

    June 14, 2023 at 8:21 am

    Love it!

    Reply
  9. Lisa H. Owens says

    June 14, 2023 at 9:19 am

    Touché! Loved it.

    Reply
  10. Paul Scott Wood says

    June 14, 2023 at 9:56 am

    The last line summed it up quite well.

    Reply
  11. Ekta R. Garg says

    June 14, 2023 at 11:43 am

    Very nice! I love the undercurrent of sarcasm in that last line. Well done!

    Reply
  12. Alan Moskowitz says

    June 14, 2023 at 2:15 pm

    LOL. Thanks!

    Reply
  13. Jennifer J. says

    June 15, 2023 at 4:26 pm

    Love it!

    Reply
  14. Sandra says

    June 23, 2023 at 8:37 pm

    Great! My next trick, thank you.

    Thanks!

    Reply

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