1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogJohn Edmundsonhttps://www.happycow.net/blog/author/johnnysensible/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="JOcfvizYof"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/veganism-complete-spontaneous-bowel-movements/">Veganism & Complete Spontaneous Bowel Movements</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/veganism-complete-spontaneous-bowel-movements/embed/#?secret=JOcfvizYof" width="600" height="338" title="“Veganism & Complete Spontaneous Bowel Movements” — HappyCow" data-secret="JOcfvizYof" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.happycow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Prunes_mini.jpg535296Not 2, not 3 but 10.9 a week! A ‘bowels-oriented’ post Ernest Bell Library item – a 1907 postcard, indirectly insulting us British veg[etari]ans – ……but (as always) we get the last laugh – our vegan bowels / bellies / guts / innards / interiors / intestines / recesses…… call them what you will …… – are (on average) as clean as whistles & in (well above average) working order. Vegetarian: “I don’t care WHAT happens, I WILL have another plate of prunes.” The male vegetarian, is banging his right fist on the table in frustration, demanding another serving of prunes. We can imagine that the table waitress had just told him that he had eaten enough prunes already. He does not care about any potential ‘below the waist’ consequences. He simply wants to eat more prunes! British prune aficionados will completely ‘get’ the humor / the point! ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Some ‘positive’ prune history ‘Non-vegan prune buyers’ greatly helped the cash-flow of early UK wholefood shops of the 1960s / 70s / 80s – ……we sold the most excellent prunes! ‘Blocked Brits’ would stream into our shops ‘as regularly as clockwork’ to buy their prunes – ……so that they could ‘go as regularly as […]