Health
Double or Nothing
Consider the young married couple who are back from their honeymoon for only two weeks when the husband comes home from work and says that he has invited three of his friends from the office and their wives home for dinner on Friday night.
Since this is their first party and the wife hasn't done much cooking, the husband suggests they order out for Chinese food and she could bake a cake for dessert. She agrees, but on Friday afternoon, the wife calls her husband in tears.
"The only recipe I can find is for a cake that will feed four," she says.
"Why don't you just double the recipe?" her husband asks.
Just before quitting time the husband gets another call from her, and this time she is frantic.
"I just can't do it," she says. "It's impossible."
"Now, now, what's the matter?"
"Well, I doubled everything, just like you said," she tells him, "and it's ready to go in the oven."
"Then what's the problem?" he asks.
The wife sobs. "The book says that the cake must be baked at 350 degrees. I've checked the oven and it doesn't go up to 700 degrees!"
Since this is their first party and the wife hasn't done much cooking, the husband suggests they order out for Chinese food and she could bake a cake for dessert. She agrees, but on Friday afternoon, the wife calls her husband in tears.
"The only recipe I can find is for a cake that will feed four," she says.
"Why don't you just double the recipe?" her husband asks.
Just before quitting time the husband gets another call from her, and this time she is frantic.
"I just can't do it," she says. "It's impossible."
"Now, now, what's the matter?"
"Well, I doubled everything, just like you said," she tells him, "and it's ready to go in the oven."
"Then what's the problem?" he asks.
The wife sobs. "The book says that the cake must be baked at 350 degrees. I've checked the oven and it doesn't go up to 700 degrees!"
