“I’d like to order a burger.”

“Any special instructions?”

“No hamsters.”

“Er… okay… I can assure you there won’t be any hamsters in your burger.”

[Later.]

“Here is your burger.”

“Excellent! Wait. What’s this?”

“Let me look… Ah. Yes. This is the complimentary gerbil.”

“I said no hamsters!”

“Yes, and this is not a hamster. This is a gerbil. If you did not want a gerbil, you should have said ‘no gerbils.’”

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