It's All In the Mind

Hot chillies with false pork cooked in fat,
Deserved a second serving of that;
As he put down the dish,
The waiter stated “I wish
more Aussies like you would eat rat.”
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015


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Date: 9/8/2015 6:39:00 PM
Oh man! We hope at least it was trapped and not poisoned. I don't know that I've ever eaten rat, but it is probably somewhere between snake and rabbit (yummy)
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Lindsay Laurie
Date: 9/10/2015 1:22:00 AM
Hello Duke... we eat meat pies and sausages down here; they're affectionately known as mystery bags. Does that include rat meat - who would know - Lindsay
Date: 8/31/2015 5:11:00 AM
Thats the beauty of diversity :-) lol
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Lindsay Laurie
Date: 9/10/2015 1:19:00 AM
Hello njeri... this limerick probably only works in certain countries because there are places where rats are eaten but of course rats are rodents and rodents are quite diverse in genus - Lindsay
Date: 8/30/2015 11:34:00 PM
Lindsay you will have them all thinking that here in Australia we eat rats Lol. loved this limerick. take care.............Vera.
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Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/31/2015 3:06:00 AM
G'day Vera... no, they'll be happy to know that it's koalas, penguins, and wombats that tickle our fancy most - thank you Vera - Lindsay
Date: 8/21/2015 11:39:00 AM
Ugh! THAT's just...lol! I'm speechless here, Lindsay!
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Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/30/2015 8:21:00 PM
Sorry Kim; I didn't mean to put you off your food. Thanks again for your support - Lindsay
Date: 8/20/2015 11:57:00 PM
BAD EATING BUT GREAT WRITING! Rat surely must taste nasty , even as nasty as hey look. Great limerick my friend. A7
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Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/30/2015 8:19:00 PM
G'day Robert... in reality, I don't know what rat tastes like... I hope, but you never know what goes into sausages do you - thank you Robert - Lindsay
Date: 8/20/2015 8:02:00 AM
Interesting write. Good job. Thanks for sharing it.
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Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/30/2015 8:15:00 PM
Hello Ravi... thanks for reading and commenting Ravi - Lindsay
Date: 8/18/2015 3:45:00 PM
hahaha. GREAT fun!! (yuck!)
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Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/30/2015 8:11:00 PM
G'day Andrea... yeah, eating rat doesn't appear to appeal to our diet - thanks Andrea - Lindsay
Date: 8/18/2015 10:22:00 AM
Love this witty offering, Lindsay! (great to read but not to eat:)) // paul
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Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/30/2015 8:08:00 PM
Thank you Paul... I could have stated cat, but the uproar might have been too hard to take - Lindsay
Date: 8/18/2015 6:57:00 AM
haha, delicious ;-P
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Lindsay Laurie
Date: 8/30/2015 8:06:00 PM
Hello Casarah... its all in the mind Casarah; I think - thank you - Lindsay
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