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The story is told of a man whose wife would cut off both ends of a ham before cooking it.<\/p>\n

One day he asked why, and the wife said she got the habit from her mother. The husband questioned his mother-in-law, who said she got it from her mother. When …<\/p>\n

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Source:: Washington Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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