From: cpd@cat.pan.net   
      
   "RT"  wrote in message   
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   > catpandaddy wrote:   
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   >> "RT"  wrote in message   
   >> > MDH wrote:   
   >> >> RT  wrote in   
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   >> >> >> "Boiling an egg" was just an example, but EVERYONE should be taught   
   >> >> >> how to prepare basic meals since eating is one of the neccessary   
   >> >> >> requires of our lives - reading Shakespeare (again, just one   
   >> >> >> example)   
   >> >> >> is nowhere near necessary.   
   >> >> >   
   >> >> > Shouldn't the parents be doing that?   
   >> >>   
   >> >> That's the problem, basic Home Ec type education has been out of the   
   >> >> American schools for so long a lot of the parent's don't have the   
   >> >> skills   
   >> >> anymore to teach the kids.  And truth be told, Teaching cooking &   
   >> >> baking   
   >> >> can cover basic math, some chemistry, critical thinking, and a lot of   
   >> >> other   
   >> >> things.   
   >> >   
   >> > I find it very difficult to believe there is no cooking going on in   
   >> > homes...   
   >>   
   >> Pass the Hot Pockets, please.   
   >   
   > You mean Algae Pockets (tm)   
      
   The algae variety is part of the Lean Pockets line.  Wait... that's actually   
   Emaciated Pockets.  Or Empty Pockets?   
      
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