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   Ron Moses to Bil   
   Re: "Join the march and eat my starch"   
   15 Aug 16 13:08:36   
   
   From: ronmoses@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, August 14, 2016 at 11:09:50 PM UTC-4, Bil wrote:   
   >   
   > Wikipedia traces the story of the Old Woman, the Woodcutter, and the Sparrow   
   (that ate the starch) to a Japanese story "Shita-kiri Suzume" [The tongue-cut   
   sparrow].   
   >   
   > See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shita-kiri_Suzume   
      
   Well shit, I was convinced you'd made that whole thing up! It was really quite   
   impressive in that context; I'd chalked it up as one of the more entertaining   
   Bil posts. Now...I don't know, I'm almost disappointed. :)   
      
   ron   
      
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