Some important questions arise from the story of the ND Dakota goose hunter who nearly died from an allergic reaction to nuts while in Saskatchewan several years ago.

He went for lunch at the Travelodge in Melfort and asked the waitress if  the cheesecake had nuts.  Twice.  Both times he was told no.   Turns out the waitress hadn’t read ingredients on the box.

Which raises some important questions.

First, what kind of goose hunters go for lunch in a restaurant and eat cheesecake?  You’re supposed to eat cold sandwiches in the field while shivering in a blind. Or go to some small town cafe where the decor and menu hasn’t changed since the 40’s.

Cheesecake?  Lah de dah!

Also, the hotel buys it’s cheesecake in a box?  It isn’t homemade?

And third, I wonder how much he would have gotten for a settlement if he had been able to sue in the land of the lawsuit?  You have to think that an American settlement would have been a lot more than 26 thousand.

The moral of the story: don’t go for fancy lunch when you’re out goose-hunting.  Even if you don’t have an allergic reaction and almost die, your fellow hunters will mock you mercilessly.

And rightly so.