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===Lentils in peacetime=== | ===Lentils in peacetime=== | ||
In ordinary times, our lentil-buying habits are regular: hippies and vegans buy a lot | In ordinary times, our lentil-buying habits are regular: hippies and vegans buy a lot, and everyone else buys none. Okay, ''almost'' none. The [[Reasonable man|person on the Clapham Omnibus]] might have ''one'' tin, at the back of the cupboard, that someone got in a weak moment years ago, just in case of unexpected apocalypse or visit from long-lost, vegan, cousin from Australia. | ||
But the peacetime lentil-buying motivations ''within'' the community are unrelated. Overall appetite is, within a tight range, predictable. The lentil-acquiring proclivities of each individual are independent: that is to say, ''my'' lentil acquisition does not greatly influence, and is not especially swayed by, ''yours''. | But the peacetime lentil-buying motivations ''within'' the community are unrelated. Overall appetite is, within a tight range, predictable. The lentil-acquiring proclivities of each individual are independent: that is to say, ''my'' lentil acquisition does not greatly influence, and is not especially swayed by, ''yours''. | ||