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Default The Contessa hits a new low

On Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:07:36 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>I caught part of her Christmas trip to London show today. It was
>interesting enough to see some of the specialty foods available in the
>city and to hear her rave about it. One of the things she went bananas
>over was a bacon sandwich. She was so impressed with it that she had to
>try making one at home, and she was nice enough to show her audience how
>to make it. Cook bacon in the oven, butter some toast, put the bacon on
>the bottom, put the top on and cut the sandwich in two.
>
>WTF?? It is supposed to be a cooking show, and she squanders her
>supposed expertise to a toasted bacon sandwich as if there was some
>culinary skill involved??



Contessa:
Honey, let's go to London.

Dufus husband:
Sorry, but it is too expensive. How about you take the cast and crew
of your show and we write it off as a business trip?