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Thu, 14 Jul 2005

In case of over-excitement

Getting hot fresh food is exciting. But for some it can be too much to handle, leading to heavy breathing, lightheadedness and in a few cases, fainting. If you feel you're getting much too excited here's what to do: quickly remove the contents of this bag. Hold it to your mouth. And slowly breathe in and out. Once you've calmed down, put down the bag, finish your meal and try concentrating on other things like slow-flowing streams or sleeping kittens.

— From a Burger King bag

The first time I read that, the `r' in "or" of the last sentence looked like an `f'. I wonder what "slow-flowing streams of sleeping kittens" would look like.