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From: fred@umcp-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Letter to Miss manners in Washington Post, 9/27/83
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Date: Wed, 28-Sep-83 16:17:10 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 28 16:17:10 1983
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Organization: Univ. of Maryland, Computer Science Dept.
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Q: Our home is racked by a great debate over how one properly
   consumes a sandwich cookie. Our son and my wife both agree that
   you must separate the two halves first. But my son feels that
   you should lick off the icing first, whereas my wife feels that
   the un-iced side should be the primary target.

   I don't eat sandwich cookies myself, but would like to settle
   this matter.

A: Miss Manners is very sorry to disillusion you about your entire
   family at once, but it is never proper to separate a cookie
   horizontally, and therefore the question of which part to attack
   first is moot.

   Mind you, Miss Manners is not disputing that sandwich cookies
   taste better when pulled apart at the icing. We are discussing
   propriety here.