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WAITER : Ah! I know what must have happened. Th at’s not a hamster in your soup. It’s a guinea
pig. Th e cook must have forgotten to remove it before I brought your soup out.
MAN : WHAT!?

WAITER : Yes, we serve them in all the soups. If the guinea pig lives, then we know the soup is
safe to eat; if it dies, we know someone has poisoned the soup.

MAN : Well, that’s got to be the most stupid thing I’ve ever heard! Th is creature is beating me
to my soup . He’s fi nished almost all of it. I certainly don’t care to share my soup with
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some guinea pig!

WAITER : Just be thankful it wasn’t poisoned.

MAN : And is poisoned soup a common occurrence at this restaurant?
WAITER : Th at all depends on what you mean by ‘common’.

MAN : Let me put it to you this way: has ANYONE been poisoned here?

WAITER : Not since we’ve started serving the guinea pigs in the soup; no.

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beating me to my soup: having my soup before I can
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