Magnifisyncopathological: An Economic Anecdote

December 11, 2003

An Economic Anecdote

The other day I found myself in an antique/junk store staring at a huge old iron kettle, and I wondered out loud how many one could feed using that for soup. A man next to me, who looked to be in his 70s, said: that's not for soup; that's for rendering hog fat!

Read the rest of Jeffrey Tucker's piece to see what I mean by the title.

Posted by Drizzten at December 11, 2003 06:08 PM

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