07-17-2026, 04:57 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-17-2026, 05:23 AM by HereOnThePrimalEdge.)
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I think Charlie’s point (and mine) is that it’s not a matter of which is more, which is less, but the very presence of the undesirable ingredient is enough to reject the whole.
Here’s another version, from an earlier election. Originally published in The New Yorker, so you know it’s urbane and appropriate to trot out during cocktails:
“On Undecided Voters: "To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. “Can I interest you in the chicken?” she asks. “Or would you prefer the platter of - - - - with bits of broken glass in it?”
To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked.”
― David Sedaris
I’m a vegetarian, but if I’m hungry and those are my choices I’m taking the tray with chicken on it, not asking how it’s prepared. But maybe that’s just me.
I think Charlie’s point (and mine) is that it’s not a matter of which is more, which is less, but the very presence of the undesirable ingredient is enough to reject the whole.
Here’s another version, from an earlier election. Originally published in The New Yorker, so you know it’s urbane and appropriate to trot out during cocktails:
“On Undecided Voters: "To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. “Can I interest you in the chicken?” she asks. “Or would you prefer the platter of - - - - with bits of broken glass in it?”
To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked.”
― David Sedaris
I’m a vegetarian, but if I’m hungry and those are my choices I’m taking the tray with chicken on it, not asking how it’s prepared. But maybe that’s just me.