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Tuesday 6 December 2016

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"What's in this tin?"
She looked over.
"It's either stewing steak or peach slices."
"How can you be certain?"
"I recognise the shape of the tin."
But didn't all tins have the same shape? She seemed confident about the contents of the label-less tins regardless.
"Open it. If it's meat we'll make a pie, if it's fruit we'll make a pie."
The tin was opened.
"I guess it's pie then."
"Meat or fruit?"
"Meat."
"Excellent."
45 minutes later they sat ready to tuck into a fresh pie that happened to contain dog food.


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