A pinch of salt!

Have you ever obeserved the little discrepancies that exist under our benevolent eyes? How an instant coffee is seldom instant or a Maggi never cooked in 2 minutes. As the title suggests, a pinch of salt is next to a trifle. I am not mad tonight, ladies and gentlemen. I am just pursuing my Masters. My rather inactive and sluggish medulla oblongata suffered a roller coaster ride in 5 degrees Fahrenheit today. No, I aint a Biology major neither am I being oversmart about my bio-skills. I searched the net for 15 agonising minutes to find that word. Coming to the point of discrepancies, I met a bald guy called Jim Forest. Now, for god's sake, there has got to be some relation between a man and his denotation. Nature's not far behind in affirming what my ego wants to disapprove of. The existence of a pond in the midst of a desert still astounds my rather feeble imagination.There are countless such rather subtle insinuations that surround us. Let me share the one responsible for this post. I was handed over something yesterday, which in the scientific world is known as a paper. I spent a whopping 7 hours, shared painfully between yesterday and today, devouring it, trying to make some sense out of it, understanding it. After all the efforts, I had just one query. Why is it called a paper? Definitely not in the physical sense, cos I held 4 separate sheets in my hand. I scratched my hair(thinking!), in an attempt to understand what the ink projected against the white backdrop, but in vain. To no one's surprise only a few hair and some....ahem. precious time was lost. So, there it is, one discrepancy that trigerred an investigation. I spent the whole day, thinking about it and trying not to think about it . It was fun though! The good thing is, that I thought!! and even better is that I have a meeting tomorrow with the man who gave it to me......So, I guess long hours of hard work will eventually pay off. Atleast I got one decent question to put forward..what say?