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He met his day in the shower, washing his hair with shampoo that was guaranteed to have never been put in a bunny's eyes and from which ten percent of the profits went to save the whales. He lathered his face with shaving cream free of cholorofluorocarbons, thereby saving the ozone layer. He breakfasted on fertile eggs laid by sexually satisfied chickens that were allowed to range while listening to Brahms, and muffins made with pesticide-free grain, so no eagle-egg shells were weakened by his thoughtless consumption.
He met his day in the shower, washing his hair with shampoo that was guaranteed to have never been put in a bunny's eyes and from which ten percent of the profits went to save the whales. He lathered his face with shaving cream free of cholorofluorocarbons, thereby saving the ozone layer. He breakfasted on fertile eggs laid by sexually satisfied chickens that were allowed to range while listening to Brahms, and muffins made with pesticide-free grain, so no eagle-egg shells were weakened by his thoughtless consumption.
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Hi, The idea is that he ate food made from pesticide-free grain because pesticides weaken and thusdamage the shells of baby eagles. eg Farmers puts pesticides on their grain Mice eat the grain. Eagles eat mice.
- Hi, The idea is that he ate food made from pesticide-free grain because pesticides weaken and thusdamage the shells of baby eagles.
- eg Farmers puts pesticides on their grain Mice eat the grain.
- Eagles eat mice.
- Eagles then lay weak eggs.
- Do you realize that this is a humorous passage, because the person's concern for the environment is so very extreme?
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Hi,
The idea is that he ate food made from pesticide-free grain because pesticides weaken and thusdamage the shells of baby eagles. eg
Farmers puts pesticides on their grain
Mice eat the grain.
The idea is that he ate food made from pesticide-free grain because pesticides weaken and thusdamage the shells of baby eagles. eg
Farmers puts pesticides on their grain
Mice eat the grain.
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