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The president of charity Food For The Poor was called Robin Mahfood

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The president of charity Food For The Poor was called Robin Mahfood

@[email protected]M to Nominative [email protected]English • 10 months ago

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Source article, sadly he retired in 2020

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I read this as “Food for the poor president/CEO” and wondered why a president/CEO couldn’t afford food XD
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  Well if people would be robing your food (Robin Mahfood), mabe you would need food too.
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  Because he’s poor, obviously.

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