"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
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> In article .net>,
> "Gregory Morrow"
> <gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote:
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>> A common troll.
>>
>> --
>> Best
>> Greg
>
> I don't think so...
> This is all too common of a request,
> and it's a reasonable one.

There's another way to look at it: It's laziness, and a special kind that's
rampant nowadays for some reason. I have some theories which explain this
disease, but it's too early to elaborate. Not enough coffee yet. But,
briefly, it involves TV and the internet, and an inability or unwillingness
to follow printed instructions.

The OP said "but I'm either too busy or lazy...", and "I hope that I can at
least say that I've cooked a decent dish before I graduate." Admissions of
laziness, and total lack of confidence.

You (and I mean specifically YOU) can probably think of 3 dishes to suggest
to a new cook, which, if instructions were followed, would turn out fine.
Example: Apple crisp. Anyone who couldn't successfully make it should
probably not be operating anything more complicated than an electric
toothbruth, not to mention a motor vehicle. How difficult is it to go to a
book store, browse until an interesting book is discovered, take it home,
and follow the instructions???