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"I'm scared. But I already paid for this."
-Queens resident Sai Lawrence, before tucking into a salad of romaine lettuce yesterday. Lawrence had just been informed of a romaine recall in the metropolitan area due to an E. coli contamination, the health effects of which range from diarrhea to kidney disease to death.
"I'm scared. But I already paid for this."
-Long Island husband Ricky Arnold, moments before entering his darkened bedroom. Ricky had just been informed his wife was very upset about something…
Ha!
Good restaurants will let you exchange romaine for jello if you can prove you didn't know about the contamination until after your ordered. It's smart business!
I can only hope he was referring to having just purchased a prepaid, all-you-can-pump kidney dialysis package.
If you had only been eating a daily 7-layer burrito at Taco Bell all these years, you would have developed a resistance, you understand?
They must have rinsed the lettuce with water from Boston.
My lettuce! My lettuce seems so smart but I'm also scared about my lettuce.
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Never put lettuce in your eyes.
Sunk cost fallicy.
This is my favorite accounting thing! (I had accounting major roommates.)
P.S. my favorite law thing is consideration being required for a contract. [end of acct/law knowledge]
Such a good term it stuck with me from my economics classes taken back when the dinosaurs were still in charge.
I guess maybe in this case it's a stomach pump cost fallacy?
A lot of people are scared. The key is to romaine calm.
No, HEAD FOR THE HILLS.
A frisee a day keeps the doctor away.
Lettuce pray.
they act as if we're the Titanic, headed straight for the iceberg.