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What does it mean?
Women sometimes eat poorly or unpredictably, wasting abundance.
In plain terms
Fine women eat strange food and waste plenty.
What can you take from it?
Unexpected habits can waste resources.

Where it applies

  • dining
  • health
  • habits

Putting it to work

  • monitor diet
  • reduce waste
  • observe habits

Questions to consider

  • What wastes your resources?
  • What habits surprise you?

Another view

It generalizes about women's eating habits.

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