Shrimping

Why is a rat not as good as a rabbit? Why should men eat shrimps and neglect cockroaches?

~ Henry Ward Beecher

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I would probably decline an invitation to one of Henry Ward Beecher's dinner parties for three reasons.

1. I don't really think of myself as a "dinner party" kind of person.

2. Based on the quote above, I wouldn't trust the menu.

3. Henry Ward Beecher died in 1887, so the invitation would 

    clearly be a fake.