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The Moth Radio Hour: P. Diddy, Traditional Tattoos, and Biking in Yemen

The Moth

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The Monk Don't Touch My Food

Mercia tappig is originally from the u k, but she told the story at an open mike story slam in boston. When i grew up in england, it was considered to be extremely impolite to touch somebody else's food. And then i moved to the united states, but old habits die hard. I nearly didn't survive one of my early dates with my late husband, he took me out to what he promised would be a real jewish delly. He looked at my sandwich rather longingly and said, can i have a bit? because i hadn't touched my plate yet, and i expected him just to cut off a neat, modest little piece

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