Solomon of the East

[serai1]

The most famous folktale about the wise Japanese judge Ooka Tadasuke is about a restaurant owner suing a poor man for payment. The poor man would eat his daily meal of plain rice near the restaurant so he could smell the food cooking, which made his rice taste better; when the owner discovered this, he sued for payment, and judge Ooka found in

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[elderberrywine]

Hah! That's wonderful. And all too apropos these days.

[shirebound]

That's awesome.