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Here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by a chicken's worst day

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Friday okay here's our question which is long sentences represents the point of [Chicken on a desk looking at calendar]

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view that Fried Chicken is unhealthy and here are potential answers tasty loaded

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with fast cooking through this easy dinner alright well since we're looking

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for a point of view that says Fried Chicken is unhealthy the right answer [KFC bucket appears]

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really needs to touch on the topic of health in some way and don't worry you [Surgeon in theater]

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don't need to be a doctor to figure it out let's take a look at our options and

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see which one represents the point of view we're looking for starting at the

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bottom with D well our hint told us to look for links to the topic a health but

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it doesn't come up here even a little bit we're guessing KFC sponsored answer [Man browsing internet on laptop]

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choice D but either way it's out of the running

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what about C not sure it's an interesting historical fact but again

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there's no connection to health so he's gone now about a we're starting to see a [bread pops up from toaster]

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pattern here sure it's bad if something isn't too tasty but there is nothing to [Man putting bacon onto frying pan]

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do with health Brussels sprouts don't taste great but

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they're apparently wonderful for your health [Girl eating brussel sprouts]

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we wouldn't know we don't eat anything there should be a convincing stand-in

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for alien eggs so we're moving on a is out what about B alright now we're

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getting somewhere this sentence brings up the fact that

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fried chicken is loaded with fat and grease which have definite negative

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impacts on health if this is a surprise to anyone please reexamine your diet and [Boy eating KFC bucket]

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maybe stop watching programming sponsored by the kernel so at long last [Colonel appears holding bucket of chicken]

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we have our answer it's not quite as delicious as a bucket

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of fried chicken but then again if you find yourself eating the sentence well [Boy eating pieces of paper]

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you probably made some sort of mistake

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