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Lettuce carries E. coli, and causes paralysis, respiratory failure and death. Scared?
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The Godfather
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Oct 8, 2006, 09:06 PM
 
What vegetable is safe?

CNN.com - Lettuce recalled over�E. coli fears - Oct 8, 2006

Federal warnings point to lettuce, some brands of spinach, carrot juice and recent shipments of beef. Are you taking these items off your diet?
     
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Oct 9, 2006, 01:17 AM
 
Never in my diet in the first place. I let the vegemetarians eat that crap.

Who needs veges when you have beer?
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Oct 9, 2006, 01:26 AM
 
The deathtoll in Iraq is much more concerning no?

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Oct 9, 2006, 01:26 AM
 
I'm confused. Isn't beef normally crawling with e. coli? That's why you're supposed to cook it.

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Oct 9, 2006, 01:38 AM
 
Originally Posted by Dark Helmet
The deathtoll in Iraq is much more concerning no?
Someone in Iraq is not likely to kill you. Lettuce on the other hand is a home grown killer.
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Oct 9, 2006, 02:12 AM
 
Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey
I'm confused. Isn't beef normally crawling with e. coli? That's why you're supposed to cook it.
Quoted for emphasis. If you're eating beef raw, don't complain when you get sick — it's not surprising.

Incidentally, my plans for tacos and carrot juice tomorrow are now ruined — RUINED, I TELL YOU!
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Oct 9, 2006, 02:18 AM
 
Not to turn this into a political argument, but this reaction by the H. Clinton just pisses me off. Hey lets create another useless govenrment agency! that will solve the problem.
     
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Oct 9, 2006, 05:21 AM
 
spinach, carrot juice and beef

whats the connection?!
we don't have time to stop for gas
     
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Oct 9, 2006, 06:05 AM
 
Originally Posted by Peter
spinach, carrot juice and beef

whats the connection?!
They were all covered in contaminated cow #hit at one point?
     
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Oct 9, 2006, 01:23 PM
 
Be afraid. Be very afraid.

And the angel of the lord came unto me, snatching me up from my place of slumber. And took me on high, and higher still until we moved to the spaces betwixt the air itself. And he brought me into a vast farmlands of our own midwest. And as we descended, cries of impending doom rose from the soil. One thousand, nay a million voices full of fear. And terror possesed me then. And I begged, "Angel of the Lord, what are these tortured screams?" And the angel said unto me, "These are the cries of the carrots, the cries of the carrots! You see, Reverend Maynard, tomorrow is harvest day and to them it is the holocaust." And I sprang from my slumber drenched in sweat like the tears of one million terrified brothers and roared, "Hear me now, I have seen the light! They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers!" Can I get an amen? Can I get a hallelujah? Thank you Jesus.
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Oct 9, 2006, 01:24 PM
 
Originally Posted by Peter
spinach, carrot juice and beef

whats the connection?!
Water?
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Oct 9, 2006, 01:40 PM
 
Originally Posted by Peter
spinach, carrot juice and beef

whats the connection?!
Poop.
     
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Oct 9, 2006, 01:53 PM
 
Originally Posted by Ω
Never in my diet in the first place. I let the vegemetarians eat that crap.
Who needs veges when you have beer?


My thought exactly.

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Oct 9, 2006, 01:54 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dark Helmet
The deathtoll in Iraq is much more concerning no?
Derail-of-the-month-award goes to SWG !

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Oct 9, 2006, 02:58 PM
 
Originally Posted by Peter
spinach, carrot juice and beef

whats the connection?!
Famous cartoon characters?
     
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Oct 9, 2006, 07:16 PM
 
Originally Posted by Ω
Never in my diet in the first place. I let the vegemetarians eat that crap.

Who needs veges when you have beer?
exactly!
     
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Oct 9, 2006, 09:14 PM
 
Originally Posted by Peter
spinach, carrot juice and beef

whats the connection?!
Beef broth.
     
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Oct 9, 2006, 11:33 PM
 
Originally Posted by Peter
spinach, carrot juice and beef

whats the connection?!
They've all been produced in a country which has forgotten how to farm properly because of putting quantity over quality? This kind of thing is going to happen if you do stuff like tinker with the genetic codes of everything around you without really knowing what the outcome will be. We had a couple of recent lessons modern agriculture lately, now they're having theirs.
     
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Oct 9, 2006, 11:47 PM
 
Originally Posted by Ω
Someone in Iraq is not likely to kill you.
Wonder why trillions is being spent and countless freedoms being given up because of a fear of that though.

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Oct 10, 2006, 12:48 AM
 
Terrorism?
     
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Oct 10, 2006, 01:05 AM
 
Which is why you should always cook and wash your vegetables thoroughly. I never eat raw vegetables and no, I never eat salads.
     
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Oct 10, 2006, 01:17 AM
 
It's the illegal aliens using our spinach and lettuce as toilet paper.
     
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Oct 10, 2006, 01:33 AM
 
No it's the



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Oct 10, 2006, 09:20 AM
 
Originally Posted by Buckaroo
It's the illegal aliens using our spinach and lettuce as toilet paper.
I wonder if there's anything to that.
     
   
 
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