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On Garlic

The 8 y.o (listing foods she doesn’t like): I don’t like onions. Or garlic.
The 11 y.o: But garlic keeps away vampires. Dad uses garlic in everything he cooks.
The Dad: And we’ve never seen any vampires around here. See? It works.

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