Will you eat all your peas if I... ?

[pomes]

There once was a girl called Linnea
And no form of persuasion could sway her
The bribes she accepted
Were falsely collected
For the bribers were forced to obey her

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[feetnotes.livejournal.com]

"there are three methods of controlling the young:
force, threat of force, and bribery-an'-corruption.

and of these, only bribery-an'-corruption really works."