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Too Much of a Good Thing

Too Much of a Good Thing When the ship´s cook had toothache and went to the dentist the crew and her captain ate at a hamburger joint near the docks and they loved it. As it appeared that the cook needed a new set of teeth that would take days; the captain hired the short-order cook at the joint. It started out so great burgers every day, sometimes, with cheese, bacon and eggs… always with fries. After a week the crew grew restless, hamburgers again! Can´t this man cook anything else? They spoke longingly about juicy beef steaks, baked fish, pot-roast and soups, and the short-order cook was an unhappy man. The captain knew he had a mutiny in the making and sent the ship´s cook a message; “Teeth or no teeth you are urgently needed, please join the ship in Panama City.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013




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Date: 7/18/2013 11:24:00 PM
Jan, thanks for sharing... it was interesting.. SKAT
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Jan Oskar Hansen
Date: 7/20/2013 4:24:00 AM
thank you Skat-Oz

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