Monday, 10 September 2007

An excerpt from the Diary of Samuel Pepys, from this day, 1667

10 September

Dear Diary

Once again my sluggish bowels have confounded me-I have been unable to pass anything more substantial than tiny nuggets, which are at best the size of Maltesers and at worst indistinguishable from chocolate raisins, for 3 days now.

I feel my impacted giblets can only be a consequence of my recent diet of inexpensive meats…

How foolish of me to try to economise by purchasing tainted mince...

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