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Milk

November 2019

Cartoon by Gymglish

Milky expressions

Don’t cry over spilled milk: Don't regret something that can't be changed. But do replace my beer that you just spilled.

The land of milk and honey: The promised land. Sadly, also the land of drones and rockets these days.

Definitions

Milk: White liquid that mammals use to feed their young.

To milk (a cow): To extract milk from a mammal.

To milk someone (dry): To exploit someone (totally).

Ex: The taxman is milking me dry this year.

Milk in the News

This month, America’s largest milk producer went bankrupt due to a continuing decline in milk consumption.

Millions of dairy cows have been laid off and are looking for new opportunities in the beef industry.

How to drink dairy milk

1. Open mouth.
2. Forget about global warming, cows pumped with fertility drugs, motherless calves.
3. Swallow. Repeat.

If step 2 becomes too hard, try soy milk.
Cartoon by Gymglish

Definitions

Milk: White liquid that mammals use to feed their young.

To milk (a cow): To extract milk from a mammal.

To milk someone (dry): To exploit someone (totally).

Ex: The taxman is milking me dry this year.

Milk in the News

This month, America’s largest milk producer went bankrupt due to a continuing decline in milk consumption.

Millions of dairy cows have been laid off and are looking for new opportunities in the beef industry.

Milky expressions

Don’t cry over spilled milk: Don't regret something that can't be changed. But do replace my beer that you just spilled.

The land of milk and honey: The promised land. Sadly, also the land of drones and rockets these days.

How to drink dairy milk

1. Open mouth.
2. Forget about global warming, cows pumped with fertility drugs, motherless calves.
3. Swallow. Repeat.

If step 2 becomes too hard, try soy milk.

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