Cow Poke vs. the Lone Star tick

[Truthseeker]

Horrible, a tick bite turns a meat-eater into a veggie: the Lone Star tick. But maybe Cow Poke has some tips to avoid such a fate.

[Sparko]

Don't tell PETA or they might start infecting people on purpose.

[Jedidiah]

There are ways to desensitize to some allergies. I would sure look for such if I were a victim of that horror.

[Cow Poke]

It takes quite a few to make a meal, but stir frying is best. And they pair nicely with Tabasco.

[Jedidiah]

It takes quite a few to make a meal, but stir frying is best. And they pair nicely with Tabasco.

What does not pair well with Tabasco? Not counting desserts.

[Cow Poke]

What does not pair well with Tabasco? Not counting desserts.

Yeah!

[DesertBerean]

Better that than getting ticked off.

[Truthseeker]

Can't you guys be any more helpful? Think of all the bacon you'd miss!

[Sparko]

Can't you guys be any more helpful? Think of all the bacon you'd miss!

Or.... think about how much surplus bacon and steak will become available to us after we infect the rest of the population!

[tabibito]

Laws of supply and demand would cause piggeries and such to be abandoned as useless methinks.

[Sparko]

what's a useless methinks?

[Cow Poke]

Or.... think about how much surplus bacon and steak will become available to us after we infect the rest of the population!

Surplus?

Source: Dictionary.com

noun
1. something that remains above what is used or needed.
2. an amount, quantity, etc., greater than needed.
3. agricultural produce or a quantity of food grown by a nation or area in excess of its needs, especially such a quantity of food purchased and stored by a governmental program of guaranteeing farmers a specific price for certain crops.
4. Accounting.
the excess of assets over liabilities accumulated throughout the existence of a business, excepting assets against which stock certificates have been issued; excess of net worth over capital-stock value.
an amount of assets in excess of what is requisite to meet liabilities.

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[Jedidiah]

Surplus?

What he means is that there would be almost enough.

[Sparko]

What he means is that there would be almost enough.

I meant surplus as in more for us, less for those tick-stricken. The output and consumption would remain at present levels of course, unless we can find a way to increase production.

[Sparko]

What he means is that there would be almost enough.

that.