An excerpt from The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (by Alexander McCall Smith) where Mma Ramotswe thinks about doughnuts and reminded me of my doughnut-lover friend Marian. :)
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That testimonial, for example, that she had been asked to check a few months ago where the writing was almost illegible and where the final sentence said, I have never heard this person use strong language, even to himself. Did anybody seriously imagine that real testimonials said things like that? Obviously somebody did think that. What might she write - in that style - of Mma Makutsi, if she had to write her a testimonial? She divides the office doughnuts with complete impartiality. That would be a good recommendation, she thought; how a person divided a shared doughnut was a real test of integrity. A good person would cut the doughnut into two equal pieces. A shifty, selfish person would divide it into two pieces, but one would be bigger than the other and he would take that one himself. She had seen that happen (pp 40-41).
just found this. I think I'm a good person, but when it comes to donuts, my integrity may not stand up to the job...
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