Thursday, June 02, 2005

The Most Powerful Man in the Universe

When I was little, I was taught that making top ramen involved breaking the square of noodles in quarters inside the bag. My tiny self used to require banging the bag on the corner of a counter, or bracing the bag on an edge of the counter and pushing on the outer edges. Those noodles were tough.

In recent years I've just put the whole block-o-noodles into the pot. But today, since I was using a microwave, I decided I would break them up. So I put the package in one hand and crushed them into little bits. I felt like the guy in any given action movie who shows how strong he is by crushing the cue ball.

I may not be a threat to billiard equipment yet, but noodles beware: You are no match for my grip of steel.

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