Rant number 252
Douglas Adams once answered 'the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything' with 42.
He decided that 42 was the answer, because - from assessing all other numbers, he found it the funniest.
In truth though, it doesn't really answer 'that' question at all. Because it mainly answers the answers to: what is seven times six or what happens when you take eight from fifty.
In my opinion, to this great question would have to come in the form of words, as opposed to numbers (and an integer at that!) I believe that in truth, it would take many numbers indeed to come up with a satisfactory answer to the question. That's presuming of course that anyone at all (even God himself) could answer the question.
By now of course, you will all understand the question I'm referring to:
'Why does cake batter always taste better than cake?'
The ingredients are the same and the added heat should really just augment this. It doesn't though.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm a man who likes a bit of cake. I'll eat pretty much any type in fact (as long as their isn't too much in the way of icing.)
It just seems that when cake is being prepared - it's always that little bit... cakier maybe? I can't put my finger on it.
Why do these questions have to exist in life, buzzing like flies in my brain.
It's not like the simple to answer ones like 'why do they sell hot-dogs in packs of 8 but buns in packs of 6?' that's just simple marketing evil.
No, it's more along the question of 'why does the bad stuff have to taste so much better than the good stuff?' Another question for which I can offer you no answer more than convincing than:
'Because the world likes to torture you'
Science may have the Higgs Boson particle - but they don't have an answer for this!
Madness!
Rant over.
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