The Great Bun of China
China, of course, is most known for their delicious buns; buns so tasty that even the inhabitants of the Moon try to get a glimpse of them. This particular individual is a fine Pineapple Bun in its natural surroundings of Ritan Park, Beijing.
As Chairman Mao once said: Let a hundred buns bloom: let a hundred bakery schools contend.
July 23rd, 2007 at 17:47
Did you do the cardboard-check before eating it?
July 25th, 2007 at 12:24
No, I did not. But the bun was certainly consumed right after the picture was taken and no traces of cardboard were found.
July 25th, 2007 at 16:14
Aah, but there’s a trick, you know. Apparently, the cardboard was only claimed to exist in the buns after all, so you’ve done the wrong check: you should have kept an eye out for _non-existent_ or _claimed_ cardboard. I bet you were looking for _real_ cardboard only.
You might have been fooled badly out there, fellow Founder.
July 27th, 2007 at 23:43
Really sloppy bun-checking from Komu there. We should probably write a handbook for situations like this.
As I understand it, we’re in a bit of a limbo here:
I guess we could rectify the situation by making an argument against the supposed claim that there would have been cardboard in Komu’s bun. I’m making one now: there was no cardboard inside, outside or anywhere near Komu’s bun.
Now we have at least one argument against and one (merely supposed) argument for the existence of cardboard in Komu’s bun. In fact, in his comment above Komu also seemed to make an argument against its existence. So in my books the score is 2-1 or 2-0 for “no cardboard”. QED.
The Mao Questions are still troubling me, though.
July 28th, 2007 at 15:17
Oh my, I see now that I have been a puusilmä while reading Komu’s first reply related to my worry about the potential cardboardish matter within his bun. I should obviously have said that “you’ve not done the wrong check”, as he said that he did not do a check at all. I’m not sure, though, whether it’s better to not do the wrong check than not do the right check :-/
Erkki: charming argument you have, but I’d still like to expand it to cover also the non-existent or claimed cardboard, you’re still talking only about real one.
July 28th, 2007 at 19:38
Never mind the cardboards, is that an asso-piercing pagoda in the background?