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There's this thatched bar on the shores of the Yucatan.
Every day this bird hops up to it and stands on one leg and stares at a dish behind the bar.
The barmaid grabs a plastic bag where she keeps the poppey, sesame, and other seedy things that fall from rolls and leaves a handful on the bar near the bird.
That, sir, is a Patronizing Snipe. And, a Patronizing Dish.
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Snipe
NOUN: 1. Inflected forms: pl. snipe or snipes
a. Any of various long-billed shore birds of the genus Gallinago or Capella, related to the woodcocks and sandpipers, especially the common, widely distributed species G. gallinago or C. gallinago. b. Any of various similar or related birds. 
2. A shot, especially a gunshot, from a concealed place.
 INTRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: sniped, snip·ing, snipes
1. To shoot at individuals from a concealed place. 
2. To shoot snipe. 
3. To make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks. ETYMOLOGY: Middle English, probably from Old Norse -sn pa (as in m risn pa, marsh snipe).
Snipe Hunt
NOUN: 1. An elaborate practical joke in which an unsuspecting person takes part in a bogus hunt for a snipe, typically being left alone in the dark with instructions not to move until the snipe appears. 
2. A futile search or endeavor. 
Wilson's Snipe
NOUN: A common North American snipe (Capella gallinago subsp. delicata.) ETYMOLOGY: After Alexander Wilson (1766–1813), Scottish-born American ornithologist.

Snipe Fish
NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. snipefish or snipe·fish·es
Any of various small marine fishes of the family Macrorhamphosidae, found in tropical and temperate regions and characterized by a long snout and a very long spine extending from the dorsal fin backward toward the tail. 

NOUN: 1. A skilled military shooter detailed to spot and pick off enemy soldiers from a concealed place. 
2. One who shoots at other people from a concealed place. 

Patronize
TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: pa·tron·ized, pa·tron·iz·ing, pa·tron·iz·es
1. To act as a patron to; support or sponsor. 
2. To go to as a customer, especially on a regular basis. 
3. To treat in a condescending manner. OTHER FORMS: pa tron·i·za tion (-tr -n -z  sh n) —NOUN
pa tron·iz ing·ly —ADVERB

Felix <AThiker@smithville.net> wrote:
> Curtis Balls wrote:
> This sounds like a patronizing snipe to me.
There is nothing worse than a patronizing snipe.