But I Don't Understand


	But I Don't Understand

vandamonium

7-15-2008 3:28 AM

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miricle, fruit, taste, taste buds

vandamonium says:

Sweet is supposed to be sweet and sour is supposed to be sour. If the ratio isn't somewhere near 50/50 won't the tongue fall off? Seriously, are sour things cheaper than sweet things? Or is it that sweet things cost about as much as gas these days?

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