Joseph Littleshoes > said:

> Damsel wrote:
>
> > We kids would have contests to see who could eat the biggest wad of
> > spaghetti.
>
> Well ok, children also pick their noses and eat their 'snot' bite their
> toenails and do other equaly disgusting things often involving
> flatulence and the gag reflex (the vernacular "burp").

Was my recollection *that* gross?

> And metaphorically this is no differant than the "nature red in tooth
> and claw" aspect of 'adult' perceptions.

Huh?

Carol

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