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Gazing at my oatmeal this morning I noticed more than the usual number of unidentified specks that seem to infest this cereal.
We're all familiar with the common black speck, found mostly in sugar bowls or swimmlng lazily in your glass of milk. Oatmeal is loaded with black specks (I think oatmeal is mostly black specks). Now and then you'll catch one lurking about in bowl of Purina.
As I casually spooned around in my oatmeal I observed what I perceived was a slightly different looking speck, different from the ubiquitous common black specks that seem to comprise such a large volume of oatmeal and similiar cooked cereals.
I rushed to get my magnifying glass to examine this new constituent more closely. Upon careful examination I was astounded to discover that it was not a speck at all, but much larger and with an irregular surface, unlike the rather smooth surface of the black speck. There before me in the bowl, it's presence probably never witnessed before this day, lay not a common speck, but a particle.
As I spooned yet deeper I was astonished to find dozens, hundreds, then thousands of these mysterious particles. What had I discovered? An incredible weight descended upon me as I contemplated the gravity of the question:
Had I discovered the missing particle that actually holds oatmeal together?
We're all familiar with the common black speck, found mostly in sugar bowls or swimmlng lazily in your glass of milk. Oatmeal is loaded with black specks (I think oatmeal is mostly black specks). Now and then you'll catch one lurking about in bowl of Purina.
As I casually spooned around in my oatmeal I observed what I perceived was a slightly different looking speck, different from the ubiquitous common black specks that seem to comprise such a large volume of oatmeal and similiar cooked cereals.
I rushed to get my magnifying glass to examine this new constituent more closely. Upon careful examination I was astounded to discover that it was not a speck at all, but much larger and with an irregular surface, unlike the rather smooth surface of the black speck. There before me in the bowl, it's presence probably never witnessed before this day, lay not a common speck, but a particle.
As I spooned yet deeper I was astonished to find dozens, hundreds, then thousands of these mysterious particles. What had I discovered? An incredible weight descended upon me as I contemplated the gravity of the question:
Had I discovered the missing particle that actually holds oatmeal together?
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