She bore a huge skewer of barbequed beef chunks, and a hunk of bread not unlike Homer's own.
"Border, Breed Nor Birth"
Dallas McCord Reynolds
"In the circumstances this person may have overlooked the delicacy of the message, for, as it is well written, 'To the starving, a blow from a skewer of meat is more acceptable than a caress from the hand of a maiden,'" said Kiau Sun.
"Kai Lung's Golden Hours"
Ernest Bramah Commentator: Hilaire Belloc
Soon, however, the gross hearted person in question discovered the device, owing to the symmetrical breathing of Lao Ting, and applying himself to the opening unperceived, he suddenly blew a jet of water through and afterwards nailed in a wooden skewer.
"Kai Lung's Golden Hours"
Ernest Bramah Commentator: Hilaire Belloc