Yes, I can have mayonaise
Invariably upon someone learning that I am allergic to milk, they deluge me with questions: ‘Can you eat this?’, ‘Can you take a pill to solve it?’, ‘How did you know you were allergic to milk?’ All these questions I’ve learned to handle and answer easily. There is one that still makes me chuckle however, ‘Can you eat mayonaise?’ Now, I am not fond of mayonaise, but why would a person ask me whether I can eat mayonaise?
After investigation and thought, the only conclusion I can offer is this: mayonaise is white. Since it is white, it must have milk in it. At least that is how most people reason when I press them. Interesting how we humans reason at times. The only ones who do not ask me this question are those who already know the ingredients of mayonaise, apparently not common knowledge because I’ve had people with Bachelor and Masters degrees ask me this question, and yet many with only high school diplomas do not. Silly.
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