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Evidence for Fast Food 20,000 BC

From: Robert Karl Skoglund
Length: :54

An ancient obese female doll may represent a mother goddess worshipped by Stone Age people Read the full description.

Humbleoats_small It might just as well indicate that fast food restaurants predated the pyramids by 20,000 years.

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Piece Description

It might just as well indicate that fast food restaurants predated the pyramids by 20,000 years.

Transcript

The name of the book I paid 50 cents for today is Everyday Life Through The Ages. On page 17 I see a picture of the Venus of Willendorf which was carved in Austria 24,000 years ago. You might not remember the name --- Venus of Willendorf --- but I’m sure you’ve seen pictures of her in books.

Beneath the picture of this grotesquely fat representation of a woman, we read, “The swollen breasts, buttocks and abdomen…may represent a mother goddess worshipped by Stone Age people.”

It might just as well indicate that fast food restaurants predated the pyramids by 19,000 years.
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