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Comment by booklover on February 20, 2013 at 8:15am Love the pics everyone~ esp. Marvin, Ruth! lol.
Joan "and they began to cry ' Oh Mother Dear, see here, see here, our mittens we have lost!'" :)
Comment by Tony Carroll on February 20, 2013 at 7:36am Thanks for the ´secular creed´pic, Melinda, I'll copy it.
`Saltlakrids` sounds very similar to ´zoute drop´ Ian. And I like dark chocolate too; it's even considered as health food when the cocoa is over 80 percent.
Comment by Joan Denoo on February 20, 2013 at 1:11am
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Comment by sk8eycat on February 20, 2013 at 12:58am I like the Secular Creed, too.
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Poor Marvin...trying to unscrew the inscrutable... Cats...you never know what they're going to do next. Wish I was that limber.
Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on February 20, 2013 at 12:15am
Comment by Patricia on February 19, 2013 at 7:44pm Dark chocolate for me.....Italian, or Belgian, preferably. Not a licorice fan, but never heard of it being salty before.
Comment by booklover on February 19, 2013 at 4:30pm
Comment by Ian Mason on February 19, 2013 at 4:20pm Some of the Danish licorice is very salty - it's called "saltlakrids". And there's even a "salmiak" variety that, I believe, tastes like ammonia. Can't stand licorice at any price. Chocolate is the true food of the gods.
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