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Old 04-18-2010, 09:39 PM   #1
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Food Faux Paux

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8627335.stm
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An Australian publisher has had to pulp and reprint a cook-book after one recipe listed "salt and freshly ground black people" instead of black pepper.
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Old 04-18-2010, 10:03 PM   #2
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well of course! you can't GRIND black people.... you have to MASH them! no wonder they're recalling the books.

Personally, I like my black people sliced thin and deep fried in peanut oil.
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Old 04-19-2010, 02:18 AM   #3
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Wait-whut? What'd he say?
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Old 04-19-2010, 08:16 AM   #4
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speaking of faux pauxes....isn't it 'Faux Pas?'
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Old 04-19-2010, 08:20 AM   #5
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It was a faux paux (fo-po) for da mo-fo.

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Old 04-19-2010, 08:40 AM   #6
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What a faux pas, to use a faux faux pas.
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Old 04-19-2010, 08:47 AM   #7
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I'm lookin' fer the man who shot my faux pas.
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Old 04-19-2010, 09:48 AM   #8
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Most people only have one pa, not faux.
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Old 04-19-2010, 10:41 AM   #9
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Faux pas does not a family make. Especially if they're po pas.
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Old 04-19-2010, 10:41 AM   #10
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Personally, I like my black people sliced thin and deep fried in peanut oil.
You're like the George Washington Carver of peanuts.
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Old 04-19-2010, 08:44 PM   #11
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How stupid of me! This is what I meant!
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Old 04-19-2010, 11:31 PM   #12
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That's funny. I just saw this same story in another thread.
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