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Food What do you eat When you eat what you like Here are some clues From your pal Uncle Mike Mushrooms According to the FDA Maggots and mites are really OK While maggots won’t hurt you They’re not appetizing And flavor of mites is really surprising So pick them yourself Make sure they’re OK And don’t leave this task To the old FDA Chewing Gum Gum contains lanolin And that comes from wool It’s an oily secretion And that is no bull So each time you chew You’re chewing sheep sweat And that is as gross As your chewing can get Vanilla Ice Cream If you read the label You may see castoreum And that’s a secretion From a beavers old bum The FDA says It is generally safe But its use in my ice cream Just makes me chafe “Natural flavoring” is how it is listed The FDA’s humor I would say is quite twisted

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013




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Date: 1/9/2013 9:19:00 PM
Mike, wow...did you say maggots are an FDA food... I'm looking at the FDA warning on my food next time... thank you mike.. for the smile...LINDA
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Mike Dailey
Date: 1/10/2013 12:27:00 PM
Canned mushrooms are a good place to find maggots. If there are "over 20 or more maggots of any size per 100 grams of drained mushrooms" or "five or more maggots two millimeters or longer per 100 grams," the FDA will pay attention.
Date: 1/9/2013 5:20:00 PM
i don't know where you got these facts but i love the way you've written about them! very funny!
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Mike Dailey
Date: 1/9/2013 5:57:00 PM
I am so glad you understand that these poems do contain facts or as close to facts as I can find. I may stretch the truth when it comes to circumstances in the poems but facts are facts. Thanks for stopping by for a read.
Date: 1/9/2013 9:39:00 AM
funny in a scary way ... liked this =)
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Mike Dailey
Date: 1/9/2013 5:57:00 PM
Truth is often scary - I like it like that. Thanks for stopping by for a read.

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