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From: Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Need eggs? Rent a chicken.
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 06:10:38 +1100
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On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 13:40:36 -0500,
mummycullen@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (MummyChunk) wrote:

>> ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
>> On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 4:19:33 +0000, Ed P wrote:
>> 
>>> A local farmers is offering chicken rentals. You get two chickens, ready
>>> to lay for 6 months.  The cost is $500.  They say you can expect about a
>>> dozen a week.
>>> 
>>> Fresh eggs for six months at about $20 a dozen.
>>> 
>> $500 for two chickens???  Those must be prize laying hens.
>> Will this fee include food and some sort of shelter for
>> these chickens??
>
>Always someone looking to take advantage of others.  But if someone goes for
>it, who is really to blame? 

Yes, nobody's forcing them. Just like the eskimo who buys a fridge.

-- 
Bruce
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