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Igel

(37,399 posts)
19. The existence of cream is the justification for skim milk.
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 09:37 PM
2 hrs ago

I like skim milk. For some purposes.

I like whole milk. For some purposes.

I like cream. For some purposes. (Butter too, but I repeat myself.)

If I'm going to be out working 10 hours mowing, raking, weeding, pruning, muching ... Just give me a gallon of raw milk in the morning and call my consumption of it by quitting time "average lunch", as opposed to lunch as a function of time.

Call it "pro-choice."

(As for the Obama-era insipidification of school lunches ... The amount of student lunch 'food' tossed, abandoned, even just plain chucked ... all uneaten ... was amazing. And this high school teacher saw capitalism in action--many of my classes had at least one person with a small snacks stand in their overstuffed school backpacks, and some carried small ice chests. Sodas, Cheetos, Doritos, chips, candy bars, cookies ... They'd buy $20 in snacks and take home $60 at the end of the day. Junk food as drug. They luved them them the Obama-era food bans. While guv stats said how many 'healthy' meals were 'consumed' ... Making the half-assed assumption that all student lunches carried away from the serving line were actually eaten. Maybe I should reduce the fat in that to "eighth-assed assumption." Or specify "non-fat half-assed". BTW, my now-ex and I would regularly buy student lunches--teachers can do that. New rules, after a couple of attempts we decided that we couldn't tolerate the stuff. But somewhere a bureaucrat got its wings and soared to a far higher pay grade.)

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First he saves Christmas and now he saves milk! MorbidButterflyTat 8 hrs ago #16
OK, I'm not going to lie. mwb970 Wednesday #2
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The existence of cream is the justification for skim milk. Igel 2 hrs ago #19
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TSF hypnotized by milk bottle. Sneederbunk Wednesday #3
Probably dreaming of Vladdy MorbidButterflyTat 8 hrs ago #17
Woody Allen predicted the future DBoon Wednesday #4
This is making America healthy again? tishaLA Wednesday #6
And what we've done for the last 20 years has made America healthier? Igel 2 hrs ago #20
Well, in the overall scheme of things, I don't see this as a hill to die on. Kablooie Wednesday #9
Let's talk about ANYTHING other than Epstein. Buddyzbuddy Wednesday #10
Trump: I look forward to getting it all the time. I open a refrigerator and I say: milk with rice, milk with water, milk riversedge Wednesday #13
it's said he doesn't drink. Igel 2 hrs ago #21
Boy, when that adderal wears off he crashes hard. travelingthrulife 5 hrs ago #18
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