Paradox and Inspiration 132: Questions We Never Were Curious Enough to Ask

A story was told of a housewife who was preparing dinner when her inquistive daughter popped her a question. "Mum, why do you always have to cut the ham into half before putting it into the oven to grill?" The housewife paused for a moment and replied, "Hmmm....well darling, I'm not sure why but I learned to do this from your grandma since I was a little girl like you."

That very weekend, as part of her routine visit, the housewife dropped by at her mum's place and remembered to ask her daughter's question. And she was stumped as her mum as-a-matter-of-factly said, "Oh, I had to cut it into halves because I never had a plate big enough for the whole ham."