Steeped In Sage And Onion To The Eyebrows
Jennifer Palmieri, You’re Doing A Heck Of A Job! | Backword home
Monday, 29 December 2008
There never was such a goose. Bob said he didn’t believe there ever was such a goose cooked. Its tenderness and flavour, size and cheapness, were the themes of universal admiration. Eked out by apple-sauce and mashed potatoes, it was a sufficient dinner for the whole family; indeed, as Mrs Cratchit said with great delight (surveying one small atom of a bone upon the dish), they hadn’t ate it all at last. Yet every one had had enough, and the youngest Cratchits in particular, were steeped in sage and onion to the eyebrows. But now, the plates being changed by Miss Belinda, Mrs Cratchit left the room alone -- too nervous to bear witnesses -- to take the pudding up and bring it in.
Parents accused of killing obese children with kindness.
The document classes 1.6 million families with children aged between two and 11 as "high risk". It states: "Food has become an expression of love in ’at risk’ families.
Via Alex. Oh, the way we live now! It’s just not at all like how we used to be. Parents never used to express love via food. From an unpublished government report:
"Parents do not value physical activity or accept responsibility for children’s activity levels. Parents believe their children are already sufficiently active at school. Sedentary activity (TV watching and computer gaming) is encouraged by parents....["]
Stupid parents, they probably believe that children are sufficiently taught trigonometry and history and science at school and don’t take responsibility for those either.
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