Fark NotNewsletter: What I learned at the petting zoo

This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1555519770-97839-59210 Content-Type: text/html Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [3D"The](3D")= > [3D"Facebook"](3D") [=3D"Twitter"](3D") [3D"Totalfark"](3D") Having trouble reading thi= s email? View it online [here](3D". Comments thread: [ 8006](3D" Unsubscribe links are at the bottom of this message. =20 =20 Over the weekend, I visited a petting zoo that= houses exotic and farm animals rescued from various situations. As with ma= ny basement dwellers, I'm allergic to an assortment of animals, plants = ;and opinions, so I require more than just an allergy pill when I venture o= ut into the world. I found out that there's a [type of mask](3D") you can wear to help filter out= allergens, so I got some to keep my face from blowing up like a tomato whi= le I pet the cows, chickens, horses, capybaras, llamas, dragons and hedgeho= gs. Sure, I looked like a weirdo, but that's normal for me. I have to tell = you, though, that it worked! So I thought I'd pass that information along t= o any of you who are also basically allergic to going outside. Note: Do not try to steal a capybara from a petting zoo. They're pretty ha= rd to hide under your jacket and you end up having to do community service.= .. but at least you have a mask to wear while you're picking up garbage by = the side of the road. 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