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An Odd and Brilliant Baking Instruction. Or Rather: The Earlobe That Knew When to Quit · 20 November 06

While preparing sweets for the festival lunch, the uniformed child kneaded the dough. A high scool teacher looked on.

‘I can’t tell, how firm should it be?’ said the uniformed child. *

The teacher tilted her head to the side and and looked at the dough, ‘It should be as firm as your earlobe,’ she said.

The uniformed child pulled a hand from the dough. She reached up and felt her own earlobe.

‘Oh, okay,’ she said.

And everything turned out delicious.

* Roughly translated from Japanese, of course.

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  1. man, i wish the story had went “and she went to feel her own earlobe, but ran into some ear wax instead. ‘ugh, ok’ she said. and everything turned out the consistency of smelly ear wax.” but i geuss you were going for truth. still sweet.
    — little brother    1883 days ago    #

  2. Good call. That’s the way it should have been. Cursed reality interfering with narrative devices…
    — saleem    1882 days ago    #

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