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The Wizened and Wise Diet

The cashier scans an old lady’s ricotta cheese.

Cashier: Why didn’t you get the bigger one?
Old Lady: ‘Cause I’ll eat it all! This way I have a limit.

–Waldbaum’s, Bensonhurst

  • Posted on July 7, 2014
  • Brooklyn, Clerks, Diet/Weight, Food, Grocery Stores, Old People
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