On Dec 31, 7:19 pm, "James Silverton" >
wrote:
> rosie wrote on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:28:18 -0800 (PST):
>
> r> On Dec 31, 4:37�am, ChattyCathy >
> wrote:
> ??>> Here's mine:
> ??>>
> ??>> 1. To eat more shrimp
> ??>> 2. To eat less chocolate
> ??>> 3. To force myself to eat cabbage - some people tell me I
> ??>> don't know what I'm missing...
> ??>>
> ??>> Yours?
>
> r> Oops, just noticed that none of thoese resoultions were
> r> specifically food related.
> r> How about these?
>
> Again, it's not strictly on the topic of food but my most recent
> New Scientist magazine had a quiz, one of whose questions was
> this.
>
> Which of these resolutions will do most to help save the planet?
>
> a) Reduce your intake of beef to 1 kilogram a month.
> b) Cut your driving by 200 kilometers a month.
> c) Writing your resolutions on a sheet of paper and then
> recycling it.
>
> According to the magazine, the answer is a) but I really
> preferred c)

When I turned 16, I chose not to get a driver license because I
thought (I believe correctly) that driving was incompatible with
drinking beer, and I knew which I wanted to do more.
b) would be OK with me. I'd rather take the bus to/from work every
day than severely limit my beef consumption.
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland

--Bryan