With all my recent concerns about comparing different types of seed pods for Em and Ellie, I have encountered some criticism related to the amount of time and effort required to satisfy food cravings for the goats. Yes, they do prefer these specific pods, this brand of animal crackers, only certain varieties of apples (gala and yellow delicious, but never honeycrisp), and very particular weeds...but are goats really that different from humans? Or more specifically, teenage boys? One local event will help me prove my point.
While my own daughters were raking leaves for the elderly last weekend, several of the young men in their lives were engaged in another group activity - a long-planned event which truly could only have been contrived by teenage boys - what they referred to as "The Pizza Crawl."
Our small town inexplicably boasts nine pizza parlors, and apparently there was some disparity among the teens about which shop sold the best pizza. What happened next reminds me of Emily's 8th grade Science Fair project (a story for another day). This group of high school boys decided to settle the matter with scientific research. On Saturday they met at one end of town and worked their way on foot through all the pizza shops, each boy consuming a single slice (choice of any toppings) at every establishment and rating it for taste. Five miles, six hours, and nine slices later, the data was compiled to determine the best pizza in town. (I won't give it away, but there are a half-dozen boys with sore feet, full stomachs and empty wallets who might tell you if you ask nicely!)
Pizza, pods - you might as well eat the kinds you like best. Myself, I'm thinking about all the bakeries in town - wouldn't it be useful to determine which sells the tastiest sweets? Hmmm...anybody want to go with me on a "Pastry Crawl?"
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