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Oom! room! make room for the bouncing Belly,
First father of sauce and deviser of jelly;
Prime master of arts and the giver of wit,
That found out the excellent engine, the spit,
The plough and the flail, the mill and the hopper,
The hutch and the boulter, the furnace and copper,
. . . .
All which have now made thee so wide i' the waist,
As scarce with no pudding thou art to be laced;
But eating and drinking until thou dost nod,
Thou break'st all thy girdles and break'st forth a god.
From: Pleasure Reconciled to Virtue,
Ben Johnson, 1618
I am a lawyer and a writer. My previous professions have included a Captain in the U.S. Army Infantry, a professional trumpet player, an investment analyst, and a construction worker. My daughter is a member of the U.S. Army Reserves and my son is joining the military shortly.