Beets Quotes by Shel Silverstein

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What did the carrot say to the wheat? Lettuce rest, I'm feeling beet.

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I said, "I'll take the T-bone steak." A soft voice mooed, "Oh wow." And I looked up and realized The waitress was a cow. I cried, "Mistake--forget the the steak. I'll take the chicken then." I heard a cluck--'twas just…

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