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N: "What do you eat for brunch besides Pop-Tarts?"

M: "Yeah, brunch is hard for me.  I'm the Anti-Brunch.  I like potato things, like hash browns, potatoes O'Brien . . ."

N: "I could make potato pancakes!"

M: "I don't like pancakes."

N: "It's not really a pancake, it's more like a giant hash brown."

M: "Like a latke?  I don't like latkes."

N: "Um."

M: "And then people put apple sauce on them.  Ew."

N: "I don't know how to make latkes.  It really is like hashed browns.  B likes to put eggs on top."

M: <silent egg hating moment>

N: "Not on yours though.  I know you hate eggs.  And we'll have fresh fruit smoothies.  What kind of smoothies do you like?"

M: "I hate smoothies."

N: "Okay, what kind of milkshakes do you like?"

M: "Chocolate."

N: "Are you telling me that if someone offered you a raspberry milkshake right now, you would say, 'no'?"

M: "Yes."

N: "How about fresh berries?"

M: "Yes, I like fresh berries in their natural state."
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