We were so poor that eating out in winter was snowball sandwiches

We were so poor we had possum slices in our lunchpails.

We were so poor that the mice brought us cheese.

We were so poor we ate air sandwiches every night.

We were so poor that we had sliced bean sandwiches, just one bean

We were so poor we had dirt on stick in our lunchpails.

We were so poor we that the coal in our stocking at Christmas was a snack

We were so poor that when a fly flew in our mouth, we swallowed.

We were so poor, we made sauces out of our own spit.

We were so poor in our family that DNA tests didn't work

We were so poor we  would take turns licking the spoons

We were so poor we took turns resting in the oven for heat.

We were so poor that my sisters hid bread in their hair for later.

We were so poor that finger-licking good was real without the chicken

We were so poor that every night we had mayonaise sandwiches

We were so poor that we had rabbit paw for dessert.

We were so poor we evicted praire dogs from their burrows for the extra space.

We were so poor that the wolves brought us sheep

We were so poor that we sucked the leather off baseball gloves.

We were so poor that friends took the shirts off their backs and we made snacks of them

We were so poor that the church mice took up collections for us

We were so poor we ate the apple page in Genesis.

We were so poor we put a little salt on the apple iphone and munched.

We were so poor we caught bees, ate them, and hoped for honey

We were so poor the cows ran away

We were were so poor that the termites in our house were on welfare.

We were so poor that in winter going out to eat was slush balls and snowmen.

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We were so poor we had dead bird beck soup every night

We were so poor that supper most nights was singed road kill.

We were so poor we often ate blackened spider webs and pepper.

We were so poor that gum-sucking was dinner

We were so poor that for refreshment on hot day we had sweat in a glass

We were so poor that instead of buffalo wings we had bat wings

We were so poor that we had mice hor d'oeuvres

We were so poor that we could not afford to change our minds.

We were so poor that racooons picketed our house because we never had garbage.

We were so poor that some nights dinner was:

1. Fried Toe-Nail Fricaissee

2. Possium Eyeballs Souffle

3. Rat-Tail Soup

4. Elm Leaf Salad
      
5. Alaskan Moose Tail