Sunday, November 16, 2008

A Deep Question

You can't tell from the stupid "posted at" time given below, but I'm writing this at 2 in the morning and am mucho tired. So tired that I am apt to insert Spanish adjectives where they make little sense.

In my daily life I have come across one of those deep questions. You may have heard the question "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" My question is much more metaphysical, and practical as well. The question is:

Why do they make ketchup packets so small?

Has anyone not currently clinically insane or severely anorexic ever eaten less than two ketchup packets with a meal? I think not. Why must I be forced to grab a handful of packets when often a gogurt tube of ketchup would be appropriate? Alas I fear I am forever doomed to rip packet after packet open with my teeth, simply to allocate the correct amount of tomatoe paste to my burger.

Sidenote(s)- As I was searching for a picture of a ketchup packet I discovered I am regrettably not the first to lament the teensy packaging of ketchup. I'm going to stop writing now because I just remembered that I named the URL of this blog to account for occasions such as this.
Also the sound of one hand clapping is Cl-

3 comments:

Cam said...

i don't like ketchup.

nice reference at the end there, but only JH and I will get it, and I'm not sure if he even reads this

Nathan said...

Self-serving inside jokes are what the internet is about.

Anonymous said...

the internet generally, and this blog specifically. to some degree at least. good point.