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[scabbypants]

I just wrote, and subsequently lost, a spiel concerning probability algorithms and Bell's theorem and this idea of space as an undivided whole as it relates to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle and other such spooky stuff that baffles the hell out of me. That's what happens when one has a crappy computer and an even crappier dial-up connection

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[donttouchmyhat]

It might be easier to say what I don't find baffling. The list is far shorter.

[scabbypants]

I don't find pigeons or pancakes or spiral bound notebooks particularly baffling. How they've managed to make tasteless bread, however, makes me lose sleep at night. Not only that but what about the fucking endpieces? Who eats that? For the first time last week I threw away the endpiece as soon as I opened the bag instead of waiting until I finish all the passable slices like I normally do. As if I'll change my mind and eat the endpiece! I'm living life on the edge.

[donttouchmyhat]

I CAN ANSWER THIS ONE!

Sure some folks eat the end pieces (or heels, if you will) but they're best kept for maintaining freshness of the loaf. If you don't eat your bread particularly quickly, you'll find the outermost slice becoming a de facto heel.

[scabbypants]

I dunno, I didn't notice that phenomenon when I tossed the heel immediately. I maybe have a sandwich every coupla days or so, so it's not like I plow through the bread, either.

Who are these people who actually eat it? Suppose you came round for coffee or something and I made us some toast, and served you the fucking endpiece? That's practically a criminal offense!

[donttouchmyhat]

I don't actually know the timeframe, but I remember my roommate in college chucking the heel and eventually the outside slice turned hard while the others stayed good.

Am I boring you to tears? My apologies.

If you put rum in that coffee I could probably overlook it.

[scabbypants]

You never bore me. You could deliver a treatise on the virtues of the "heel" and I wouldn't be bored!

I thought I hated rum and coffee until a friend made me some. He poured the cream in just right so there was a layer of it sitting on top. Delish! What else goes with coffee?

[donttouchmyhat]

That almost sounds like a challenge! Let me get my Harumph & Ahem voice on and we'll see about boring.

What else? Er...rum, Baileys (whatever the hell that milky mess is)...some people drop a little brandy in. But hell, why limit ourselves? Experiment!

[mortimer_ford]

I ate heels last night. It was a last resort, of course.

[scabbypants]

I ate cereal crumbs covered in half-and-half last night as a last resort.

[minnesattva]

My mom loves the heels, actually, and if you have decent bread they do make excellent toast.

[scabbypants]

Come to think of it, my mother eats the heels too. But she also likes those vile Entenmann's cakes and pastries, especially the coffee cake. "But mom, I don't want coffee cake! Can't I have an apple instead?" "We have coffee cake! Eat!"