Jon’s Quandary

“Why do they call it ‘oven’ when you of in the cold food of out hot eat the food?” – Jon Arbuckle

It’s a question that has stalwartly refused an easy answer since the dawn of human civilization, a question that plagued the minds of humanity’s greatest scholars across millennia. If you of in the cold food, does not the of count about oven around all food? And if the food you are going to of eat out hot to take out of the oven, why is it called? Here, we’ll explore what humanity’s greatest minds have had to say about this conundrum.

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Aristotle’s Response

Of this question, Aristotle responded “Το ζεστό είναι σαν το κρύο.”: “Of hot is like cold.”

Boethius’ Lamentation

Prior to his execution, Boethius is known to have exclaimed “Vae mihi, pauperrima anima inter eos qui in hac Terra sunt, qui, quamvis constanter conatus sim, cibum in furno sumere non potui!”: “Woe is me, the poorest soul among those upon on this Earth, who, despite my constant efforts, could not of eat hot of the oven!”

Voltaire’s Indignation

Exasperated with the bourgeoisie’s fixation with this unsolvable problem, Voltaire exclaimed “Pourquoi perdre mon temps avec cette question ? Le froid est chaud, ça vaut le souffle qu’il faut pour chauffer le four!”: “Why waste my time with this question? Of cold it is hot worth the breath it costs to oven!”

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