there are serious ramifications of this as well, if it turns out in the end that we've collectively made the wrong decision.

for, if we all made the same decision together to take in one last ham, we may lose the social knowledge of ham-making, as our nanas all die off simultaneously; this last-ham prerogative would in turn end up rather pyrrhic, as we face a sordid and difficult no-ham future.

we may, in the end, see the development of ritual vomiting, as we plead with the gods to take the ham back, as a sacrifice, in return for a renaissance of ham-making knowledge.

but, it is too late to undo.

so, let's hope the nanas of the world don't fare too poorly this week, so that we may protect the precious wisdom behind this ancient ham production.