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8 Responses to “Random Thoughts before the Coffee kicks in”

1. Jonathan (the other one) says:

   May 10, 2004 at 10:41 am

   “I was reading the 3 bears to Caroline the other day and I found a flaw that is now really bugging me. It’s about the porridge and basic thermodynamics. Now Papa Bear’s was too hot, Mama’s too cold, and Baby Bear’s just right. Shouldn’t Mama’s be just right and Baby’s is too cold given the size of the bowls? The only way I can justify it would be the composition of the bowls themselves or may be I am over thinking the matter.”

   It’s official, Kathleen. You’re a geek. Welcome to the neighborhood! 🙂

   “One of us… one of us…”

2. Jim says:

   May 10, 2004 at 2:39 pm

   The porridge temperature could involve several different things. Here are two:

   * Mama Bear ladled hers out first, then Papa’s, then Baby’s. Hers thus had more time to cool, while Baby

3. Jarissa says:

   May 10, 2004 at 3:47 pm

   It’s a seldom-mentioned detail of the story, but Mama Bear let the water boil too long, and half of it evaporated away. She didn’t want to stand at the stove and boil another pot while her husband and son started eating, so she went ahead and made Papa Bear’s porridge with most of the hot water, Baby Bear’s porridge with what was left of the hot water — and it wasn’t enough, so she added a little water and some milk to the porridge to compensate. (Baby Bear is fussy in what he’ll drink, and Mama Bear has to sneak dairy products into other foods anyhow.) Then she used unboiled water to make her own bowl of porridge.
   Well, Papa Bear and Baby Bear each tried their own porridge and felt that it was still too hot, so they assumed Mama Bear’s was the same — not noticing the utter lack of steam coming from her bowl. They proposed a lovely walk in the woods to give the porridge time to cool off. “Fine by me,” thought Mama Bear; “I know how those two get side-tracked, and by the time we get back, ALL of the porridge will be cold. So I’ll just warm all three up right quick in the microwave!”

   Because, y’know, any bear that can talk and wear clothes would actually be a long-time visitor from another planet, a technologically advanced one populated by ursine sapiens.

4. vocalyz says:

   May 10, 2004 at 4:46 pm

   After spending most of last week in the hospital with food poisoning (and all the tests it took to determine that it wasn’t meningitis), I now crave cream of wheat made with milk. Unfortunately, I’m not allowed to have any dairy products for another 2 weeks.

   Thank you VERY much…
   Daniel

5. liquidlen says:

   May 10, 2004 at 5:56 pm

   You should really wait for the coffee to kick in 🙂

6. Kathleen David says:

   May 10, 2004 at 7:04 pm

   Thanks.
   I do try but some mornings I can’t get to my coffee pot until almost noon. The Hazards of Toddlers, but I wouldn’t exchange her for the world.

   Daniel-
   Sorry about the no milk diet and the ill health. Hope you are feeling better. I don’t know what I would do if I couldn’t drink milk.

   I like everyone’s theories so far. We are a creative group.

7. John DiBello says:

   May 10, 2004 at 10:38 pm

   S’got nothin’ to do with the porridge and everything to do with Goldilocks. Quite kindly, she was a fussy little brat, not content with anything until she had mussed or broken everything up. Like all history, the story of the Three Bears is told by the victor. In other words, Goldie lied. What else can you expect from a breaking-and-entering, vandalizing, human-centric selfish little guttersnipe?!?

8. Glenn Hauman says:

   May 11, 2004 at 12:20 am

   Personally, I like Bart Simpson’s solution: Mix the porridge that’s too hot and the porridge that’s too cold together. Ta-da! Just right, and more of it.