26 November 2009 - key lime cake

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Thanksgiving Day Story

Weird: And here it is, the radical result of my unremitting research, a key lime cake!
Smart: From the frozen foods section.
Weird: Science never stops.
Smart: Is your research subject the key lime pie?
Weird: The counterpart of the key lime pie must be the lock lemon cake, but this mysterious entity cannot be discovered all at once. We must tease out its properties.
Smart: I see, “tease” is the word.
Weird: Now, dessert time!
Smart: Perhaps lunch first?
Weird: Lunch is a wonderful institution, but who wants to eat an institution? I’m with Marie Antoinette.

clue:

True story, in essence. I bought a frozen key lime cake for exactly that “reason”.

give me a clue so sweet and true

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