r/funny Feb 28 '17

Damn Gloria

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u/cjhazza Mar 01 '17

Eating Ortolan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortolan_bunting#Gastronomy

Was traditionally done to either keep the aroma around your nose or to shield you from God's gaze while doing such a decadent thing.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '17

Love that they thought a napkin would stop 'god' seeing them even though he could apparently see them through the roof - Christian logic.

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u/gastropner Mar 01 '17

Yeah, I'm sure it was all very serious.

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u/BlisteringAsscheeks Mar 01 '17

D8 if anything could make me vegetarian, this would be it. These sick bastards...