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The 10 Worst Things You Could Eat

From: Robert Karl Skoglund
Length: 02:28

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I haven't had a cookie since the Public Radio Program Managers meeting in San Antonio four years ago.

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Why do they send us countless junk mails that nobody ever reads? Because from time to time there is a headline there that grabs our eye and we read it. The headline that suckered me in was The 10 Worst Foods You Can Eat. You know that I am not a health food nut. I?m sure I eat many bad things --- although --- you have heard me say that since gaining 6 pounds four years ago at the Public Radio Program Managers Convention in San Antonio, I have not had ice cream. I have not had sausages or bacon. I have not had donuts or cake or pie or cookies or banana bread. As a result, I lost 15 pounds. But now --- here are the 10 worst foods you can eat and because I saw it in print you know it must be true. Donuts, Sausages, Fried Chicken --- already long gone on my list. But then here are potato chips, which I might eat once every 60 days or whenever anyone puts them in front of me. Bad bad bad. Fre...
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