For foreign readers- Wheaties is the name of a breakfast cereal. The epigraph is the disclaimer printed on the side of the box to keep the consumer from being diappointed when the box is less than full.
especially since some settling normally occurs
on any journey. What does not grow larger
grows little, shrinking as it shifts. And what is
not sold by volume is sold by weight so what
seems half-empty may now be declared mostly full –
as if content were a mere measurement and
satisfaction were simply something to survey.
While our bowls are not as brimming as we hoped,
they still give us something solid to chew upon.
The Wisdom of Wheaties
...some
settling normally occur
during
shipment and handling.
A
box is always bigger than what it holds,especially since some settling normally occurs
on any journey. What does not grow larger
grows little, shrinking as it shifts. And what is
not sold by volume is sold by weight so what
seems half-empty may now be declared mostly full –
as if content were a mere measurement and
satisfaction were simply something to survey.
While our bowls are not as brimming as we hoped,
they still give us something solid to chew upon.
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