Our unicorn today comes from nrhatch, at https://nrhatch.wordpress.com/. Her blog seems to be about self-help and humor. So if you need help (and don’t we all), or you need a good laugh, click on over and check it out.
I’m not sure if this thing she beamed me is really a unicorn. It looks suspiciously like a one-horned goat. It consists of a short, explanatory blurb, followed by a link. Boy you talk about lazy. But that’s just it, I’m not one to talk.
So I’ll go ahead and give it a shot. This time. If it works out okay, then fine. Otherwise I’m gonna have to raise my unicorn-identifying standards.
Go ahead and give it a read (won’t take long), and decide for yourself. Is this a unicorn, or have I lost my noodle?
Scientists have discovered why spaghetti noodles don’t break cleanly in two pieces.
And not just any scientists.
We are talking Nobel Prize Winning Scientists.
These are scientists who really know how to use their noodles!
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I’m not lazy . . . I’m just in hypodrive for the summer. 😀
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Hypodrive? That sounds like the model of car I own.
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Reblogged this on Spirit Lights The Way and commented:
Since I’m in hypo-drive for the summer, today’s one and only SLTW post is over at TG’s place . . . but I’ll warn you, TG thinks it looks more like a one-horned goat than a unicorn.
I think he also called me lazy.
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Thanks for the reblog. Man, this is confusing because I just reblogged something from your site. I think we might be able to drive people crazy with an endless loop. Sort of like telling someone in a roundhouse to pee in the corner.
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I say its a unicorn! 🙂 Made me smile!
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Good, that’s what unicorns are for. And if you’re any kind of a cook, maybe it will help you at spaghetti preparation.
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LOL!! Just made spaghetti the other day. 🙂
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Were you able to break the noodles evenly?
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Evenly? Depends what you consider even. 😉
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Cleanly . . . evenly . . . actually I don’t know what I’m talking about. I’m not a scientist so I haven’t studied noodles very much.
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🙂 I can assure you that they aren’t all even but they still taste yummy, and that’s the important part, right? 🙂
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I’m not sure if taste is important. After all, scientists have done extensive research on breaking noodles cleanly. They weren’t concerned with taste. So I’m thinking that spaghetti is no good unless you can break the noodles in half, cleanly and evenly.
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Haha! And yes obviously scientists know everything so you may have a point!
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Thanks. I knew I could make sense of this somehow.
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You are very welcome, glad I could help!
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Gotta smile at them there scientists who are using their noodles to study noodles.
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Yeah they’ve really strained their noodles. Which they had to do before they could apply the tomato sauce.
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Look at you with all that cooking acumen!
Just remember to drain without rinsing or your sauce won’t stick!
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I wonder why that is? I think maybe scientists ought to look into it.
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Orange you glad they’re also doing studies on Cheez-Its?
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Well they can study them all they want. But if they mess up the recipe I’m gonna write my Congressman.
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I just love the fact that this is an actual study. I love pasta so it seems important to me!
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Isn’t it nice that science has gone to work for pasta lovers? Maybe they’ll study raviolis next.
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Well we won’t be testing this on my bones thanks! Hey! I’m suddenly hungry for spaghetti. I can’t figure out why? Hmmm…
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Maybe the unicorn will tell me.
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Oh come on. If you’re going to break your bones, wouldn’t you want to know how to give them a clean, even break? I think this calls for some experimenting. But first, a bowl of spaghetti.
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Ummm no…I like my bones unbroken. But I’ll take you up on the spaghetti.
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Would you settle for a twisted ankle, and plate of macaroni?
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I’d settle for the macaroni…
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Okay. We’ll use the elbow macaroni. Broken elbow.
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Ba doom boom. Works for me!
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Unicorn indeed. Now the REAL question… why would I WANT to break my spaghetti noodles? I like to wind them up on my fork or slurp them, which is much easier if they’re not broken. If they come that way in the box, fine, but I would never do it on purpose. Who funds this kind of research? 🙂
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I think you’re right. It is a unicorn. It’s just a little deformed by having it’s horn off-center. That makes it appear to be a one-horned goat.
Yeah, I like to fork-wind and slurp too. Why spoil all the fun by breaking the noodles? Maybe those who are obsessed with table manners and etiquette are the fun-spoilers here.
I think we’re the ones who fund the research. Those of us who pay taxes.
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Unicorns, like people, come in all sizes and shapes! xo
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You’re right. That’s what makes them so unique, but also so difficult to identify. Each one looks so different from the other.
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I’m not sure about the unicorn – first I had to do a survey to access the article and then I got a number of pop-up windows with videos. What was this about again? … oh right. Noodles. No thanks – I’ve already had dinner.
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So according to you it’s a one-horned goat, I guess. Maybe it would have been better had there been a description of the link, where the reader didn’t have to click on the link to get the gist of it.
Maybe you could do a better job submitting a unicorn. Have you found any lurking behind those doors you photograph?
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Oh god – I walked into that one! 😏
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Oh that’s okay. No pressure. You have to enjoy the chase before you can catch a unicorn.
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