I made an edit. But the substitute word gives me the giggles. Really. I’ve been watching the tv series Carnivale it’s about a shady circus. One way they lured in the rubes was to have a “man-eating chicken” show. The rubes bought the tickets and then a carny opens up the curtain to show a man at a table quietly eating chicken.
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I made an edit. But the substitute word gives me the giggles. Really. I’ve been watching the tv series Carnivale it’s about a shady circus. One way they lured in the rubes was to have a “man-eating chicken” show. The rubes bought the tickets and then a carny opens up the curtain to show a man at a table quietly eating chicken.