> THE MUSTARD STORY > >> > >>I Love Mustard. (This is a true story. If you have > children you will probably relate to this father. > >> > >>As ham sandwiches go, it was perfection: a thick > slab of ham on a fresh bun with crisp lettuce and > plenty of expensive, light brown, gourmet mustard. > >> > >>The corners of my jaw aching in anticipation, I > carried it to the table in our backyard, picked it > up with both hands but was stopped by my wife > suddenly at my side. > >> > >>"Here, hold Johnny (our six-week-old son) while I > >>get my sandwich," she said. > >> > >>I had him balanced between my left elbow and > shoulder and was reaching again for the ham sandwich > when I noticed a streak of mustard on my fingers. > >> > >>I love mustard. > >> > >>I had no napkin. > >> > >>I licked it off. > >> > >>It was not mustard. > >> > >>No man ever put a baby down faster. It was the > first and only time I have sprinted with my tongue > protruding out. With a washcloth in each hand, > >>I did the sort of routine shoeshine boys do, only > I did it on my tongue. > >> > >>Later, after she stopped crying from laughing so > hard, my wife said, "Now you know why they call that > fancy mustard 'Poupon.'"
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> >>
> >>I Love Mustard. (This is a true story. If you have
> children you will probably relate to this father.
> >>
> >>As ham sandwiches go, it was perfection: a thick
> slab of ham on a fresh bun with crisp lettuce and
> plenty of expensive, light brown, gourmet mustard.
> >>
> >>The corners of my jaw aching in anticipation, I
> carried it to the table in our backyard, picked it
> up with both hands but was stopped by my wife
> suddenly at my side.
> >>
> >>"Here, hold Johnny (our six-week-old son) while I
> >>get my sandwich," she said.
> >>
> >>I had him balanced between my left elbow and
> shoulder and was reaching again for the ham sandwich
> when I noticed a streak of mustard on my fingers.
> >>
> >>I love mustard.
> >>
> >>I had no napkin.
> >>
> >>I licked it off.
> >>
> >>It was not mustard.
> >>
> >>No man ever put a baby down faster. It was the
> first and only time I have sprinted with my tongue
> protruding out. With a washcloth in each hand,
> >>I did the sort of routine shoeshine boys do, only
> I did it on my tongue.
> >>
> >>Later, after she stopped crying from laughing so
> hard, my wife said, "Now you know why they call that
> fancy mustard 'Poupon.'"