I like to eat an uncooked oyster
Nothing’s slicker, nothing’s moister.
Nothing’s easier on your gorge
Or when the time comes to dis-chorge.
But not too long to let an oyster rest
Within your mouth is always best—
For if your mind dwells on an oyster
Nothing’s slicker, nothing’s moister.
I prefer to have my oysters fried
Then I’m sure my oyster’s died.
---Roy Blount Jr.
A Prairie Home Companion, circa 1998
Nothing’s slicker, nothing’s moister.
Nothing’s easier on your gorge
Or when the time comes to dis-chorge.
But not too long to let an oyster rest
Within your mouth is always best—
For if your mind dwells on an oyster
Nothing’s slicker, nothing’s moister.
I prefer to have my oysters fried
Then I’m sure my oyster’s died.
---Roy Blount Jr.
A Prairie Home Companion, circa 1998
“If they’re properly opened,
by disabling the ligament that keeps the shell closed,
raw oysters go down our gullets
with a working brain, stomach, liver, intestines
and beating heart.”
--Mark Kurlansky
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