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What should not be like Esau or Lazarus, and who else should it not be like?
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#126325. Asked by Baloo55th. (Jul 03 12 3:47 PM)
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Newbie1M

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Cheese - from Thomas Tusser's poem
Not like Gehazi, i.e., dead white, like a leper
Not like Lot's wife, all salt
Not like Argus, full of eyes
Not like Tom Piper, "hoven and puffed"
Not like Crispin, leathery
Not like Lazarus, poor
Not like Esau, hairy
Not like Mary Magdalene, full of whey or maudlin
Not like the Gentiles, full of maggots
Not like a Bishop, made of burnt milk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Tusser
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Baloo55th

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Yay (with cheese...)! You now all know how to use interesting terms to complain about the cheese you were served.
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