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plato's ideas
tonderai (wearing an itchy baobab hat) Started conversation May 13, 2001
this passage reminds me of plato's ideas - i have never heard it applied to disappearing foodstuffs before though 
plato's ideas
Nhi Vanye i Chya Posted May 13, 2001
i wonder if Plato had a wife or significant other? this would explain a lot, i think... 
actually, at the risk of showing my ignorance, i have to confess i haven't read a lot of Plato so i'll have to take your word for it!
plato's ideas
tonderai (wearing an itchy baobab hat) Posted May 14, 2001
neither have I, its looking intelligent on my bookshelf though ... its just that he thought the objects we see around us are imperfect reflections of a underlying pure form, called an 'idea'. so your perfect sundae does exist, but you'll never get a chance to see (or taste) it. bumma. i agree, must have had a greedy wife.
plato's ideas
Nhi Vanye i Chya Posted May 16, 2001
it's the sort of thing i'd have on my shelf too, looking somewhat uneasy sandwiched between Dr. Seuss and a Linux manual...
actually, now you mention it, that theory rings a bell... i've heard it somewhere, some time before... and it must have surfaced from my subconscious in the form of this entry!
you're absolutely right - i'm unlikely to ever taste that sundae... or any sundae with my significant other around, anyway! 
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