The top French restaurant "Tour d'Argent" has proudly announced the official strangling of their one millionth duck. The chef claims that strangulation keeps the flesh more succulent then if you simply slit their throats. Once the act is done, carcasses of freshly strangled ducks are pressed to extract the blood which is mixed with cognac and port to make a rich, sizzling sauce. Yum! The chef reflected on his accomplishment: "One million ducks. It's marvelous, really moving."
No ducks were available for comment.
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Reminds me of a anti-pate poster I once saw -- I think it was in a rehearsal space. It had a picture of a duck (maybe a goose?) being force-fed. The caption was something like "How would you like to live your life in a pen so small you can't move and be force-fed until you're slaughtered?" Someone beneath had written, "Sounds like a Manhattan apartment."
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