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Erma Bombeck

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.

Erma Bombeck

Thanksgiving

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Erma Bombeck is highlighting the contrast between the long, detailed effort spent cooking a Thanksgiving meal and how quickly it is eaten, comparing it humorously to the length of a sports half-time break. She suggests this timing is intentional, implying the meal’s preparation and consumption are linked to the structure of a football game.

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