On Sat 03 May 2008 07:18:06a, PeterLucas told us...

> Wayne Boatwright > wrote in
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>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_floater
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>>> The only use for *tinned* peas that I can think of.
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>> He won't even eat pea soup. Only cream of tomato (smooth).
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> And as a supposed 'adult', he can't be told, "Eat this or go hungry"?

Yes, he could be, but I suppose it's partly my fault. I've been an enabler
for too many years (16). He has had many issues resulting from a ginuinely
traumatic childhood. It can really affect the rest of your life in one
wayor another.

> Does he have *real* adverse reactions to certain foods? Or is it just a
> spoilt child thing?

Absolutely none. It's all in his head. Oh, he wasn't spoiled, just never
exposed or forced to taste or eat anything he didn't want to. As a child
growing up, he subsisted on hot dogs, balogna, and peanut butter.

>>> Get the sucker to shell some fresh ones and chew them raw.
>>> The taste...... YUM!!
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>> I love them. He wouldn't try them in a million years. He'd insist
>> they'd make him "sick" to his stomach.
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> Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....... he's mentally weak.

In some respects I'd have to agree.

> It's time the boy grew up and people stopped babying him.
> That sort of shit is all an attention gathering thing.
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> He's a DQ, right?
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> (Drama Queen.)

Actually, he's not a DQ at all. Apart from his food issues, he's really
quite average/normal. He's a CPA, very bright, top of his class, etc.
He's a very caring and giving person.

>>> Time to take a half soggy hotdog and start slapping him around the
>>> head with it :-)
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>> I've been tempted!
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> Wayne..... you seem like a halfway decent sort of guy (even if you're on
> the other side of the fence)........ but even so, having to put up with
> prima-donna shit like that..... I'd say "Adjust, or move."

If the issues went beyond food, I'd probably do just that, but I don't mind
the food issues that much. I've worked around them, and as long as I, too,
have what I want, it's not really a big deal.

>>> I *love* sausages and hotdogs...... but I only ever eat the gourmet
>>> variety.
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>> So do I.
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> Betcha we have better sausages than you do :-)

You absolutely do! When I was in Sidney some years ago I tried quite a few
different sausages and loved every one of them.

The stores here offer very little variety in the way of sausages. However,
within a few blocks of my office is a sausage shop that makes all their own
products and they are wonderful. The background is mostly German and
Eastern European. There is also an Italian shop that has a huge variety of
Italian sausages and meats. Glad I found both of them!>
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> If the damn post didn't take so damn long... I'd send some over.

Yep, I'm afraid they would be fit to eat by the time they arrived. :-(

>> He will only eat "all beef" hot dogs, but that certainlly doesn't
>> preclude them having the above ingredients. He doesn't believe it.
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> LOL!!! Tell him to stick his fingers in his ears and go
> "Lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalal alalalala!!!!!!

LOL!

> Best of luck, Wayne, on teaching your spoilt child what is, and what
> isn't good to eat.
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> I won't hold my breath.

No, don't. It'll never happen.

> (F*** me!! If some *** guy was to walk up to me and say, "Hey, I'd like
> to shout you a 450g medium rare rib fillet on the bone because I'd love
> to eat with someone who really appreciates their food.'..... I'd shout
> the guy Shirley Temples all night!!.......... (or whatever they drank!!)

So would I!

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Wayne Boatwright
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