"Puester" > wrote in message
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> Litttle Malice wrote:
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> > Our hostess also served dish of pickled
> > beets. After lunch, as we were putting the leftovers away, she asked
> > me if I liked them. "No", I replied, "I don't eat dirt chunks". She
> > seemed puzzled, I don't think she got the connection.
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> If you had said that to me, I'm afraid I would have considered it rude.
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> Your hostess has never read Barb's "dirt chunks" comments,
> therefore has no reference for the comment. A simple "I have
> never cared for beets" would have been sufficient.
>
> If you served someone brownies who doesn't like chocolate and they said
> "I don't eat dirt chunks" wouldn't you have been more than a little
puzzled?
>
> gloria p

Exactly, I can't imagine saying that to someone who invited me to a nice
lunch. I never heard the expression either, but it sounds awful. Maybe it
is an inside joke on this particular newsgroup, but I am sure the hostess
didn't know that.

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