As a holiday gift Fred and Norma received from their neighbors an apple pie. As lovely as the gesture was, it was clear from the first bite that the pie tasted bad. It was so inedible that they had to throw it away.
Ever gracious and tactful, Norma sent the neighbors a note. “Thank you very much for the pie. Something like that doesn’t last very long in our house. “
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