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The Engineer Foodie Likes to Taste Things

The other day, my officemate got shipped a box full of packing peanuts, which was maybe 98% peanut and 2% item being shipped. He called me over to show me the box o peanuts (engineers find inefficient shipping practices amusing) and when I looked at the box, I said 'Those don't look like regular packing peanuts. The look extruded, more like... packing cheetos. I wonder if they're biodegradeable? My line of thinking was that if they were biodegradeable, they're probably made of cornstarch, and hence edible. I popped a peanut in my mouth. My officemate looked at me and said, 'Dude. Wtf?' I thought about it for a while, spit out, and said, 'Hmmm. Kinda tastes like bran flakes.'
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2 comments:

  1. Shalini10/03/2011 12:49 PM

    When I started reading this post, I knew EXACTLY where it was going. If I had a nickel for every engineer that ate a packing peanut, I'd have, like, a dollar.

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  2. Awkward Engineer10/03/2011 1:22 PM

    You think you're special and then you find out you're weird, just like everyone else.

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