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Maybe you know why a child can reject a hot dog with mustard served on a soft bun at home, yet eat six of them two hours later at fifty cents each.

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Erma Bombeck
Age: 69 †
Born: 1927
Born: February 21
Died: 1996
Died: April 22
Column Author
Journalist
Writer
Bellbrook
Ohio
Erma Louise Bombeck
Hours
Fifty
Two
Hot
Buns
Home
Six
Mustard
Children
Dog
Reject
Later
Cents
Food
Served
Maybe
Rejects
Child
Soft

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