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<blockquote data-quote="peavaixdrette" data-source="post: 2569085">Food, Inc.&quot;Well, congratulations!&quot; they said, forcing smiles to their faces. &quot;You&#039;ve given us a new brother-in-law to be proud of! But when do we celebrate?&quot;&quot;I know what you have in mind. Master Quan&#039;s endowment is well known around here. You&#039;ve been shaped on a big last and you&#039;re afraid that a child&#039;s one won&#039;t do. So you want me to spy out the land for you. Well, I&#039;m more than prepared to sacrifice myself, because it&#039;s no great hardship to play the spy in this case. There&#039;s just one thing, though: you must wait until I&#039;ve thoroughly enjoyed myself, not come charging on to the battlefield at the critical moment, leaving me in a bind as to whether to advance or retreat. There&#039;s an old saying you ought to keep in mind: &#039;When feeding a priest, you might just as well bury him alive as not let him eat his fill.&#039;&quot;“Where did she hear that?” Bo interrupted. His curiosity was not feigned.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="peavaixdrette, post: 2569085"] [b]Food, Inc.[/b] "Well, congratulations!" they said, forcing smiles to their faces. "You've given us a new brother-in-law to be proud of! But when do we celebrate?""I know what you have in mind. Master Quan's endowment is well known around here. You've been shaped on a big last and you're afraid that a child's one won't do. So you want me to spy out the land for you. Well, I'm more than prepared to sacrifice myself, because it's no great hardship to play the spy in this case. There's just one thing, though: you must wait until I've thoroughly enjoyed myself, not come charging on to the battlefield at the critical moment, leaving me in a bind as to whether to advance or retreat. There's an old saying you ought to keep in mind: 'When feeding a priest, you might just as well bury him alive as not let him eat his fill.'"“Where did she hear that?” Bo interrupted. His curiosity was not feigned. [/QUOTE]

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