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I received the following from a mailing list, and I thought it amusing enough
to post here.

> From: “XXX XX” <XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX>
> To: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
> Subject: OT: Purina Diet
> Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 17:35:56
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> Purina Diet
> 
> I was in Wal-Mart buying a large bag of Purina for my Labrador retriever
> and was in line to check out. A woman behind me asked if I had a dog? On
> impulse, I told her that no, I was starting The Purina Diet again, although
> I probably shouldn't because I'd ended up in the hospital last time. But
> that I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with
> tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IV's in both arms. I told her
> that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it works is to
> load your pants pockets with Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two every
> time you feel hungry & that the food is nutritionally complete so I was
> going to try it again. I have to mention here that practically everyone in
> the line was by now enthralled with my story. Horrified, she asked if I'd
> been poisoned. I told her no, that I'd been sitting in the street licking
> my butt when a car hit me.
> 

It also reminds me of monkey chow [1] for some reason … 

[1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2006/06/07.1

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