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Article: Vegemaniacs. (making fun of vegetarians)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- November 1, 1993
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They usually say it as if it were a minor afterthought: "Digby, just ringing to confirm what time you wanted us for dinner on Thursday - we did say eight, didn't we? Fine. Pamela and I are both looking forward to it enormously. By the way, I did mention she was a vegetarian, didn't I?"
Did he hell. I wouldn't have invited them if I'd known she was a vegemaniac. There is only one word to describe the social relationship that ought to obtain between vegemaniacs and normal eaters and that is apartheid. Well, it was too late and they came and it ended up as it always does. The conservative cook is a gentleman, so we start with crabs, then go on to eels sauteed in ...