I've heard it also, about the mechanical engineering consultant who was called in to troubleshoot a machinery problem. He studied the situation a few minutes, then hit the machine with a hammer.

When that solved the problem, he sent an invoice for $500. Of course, the company owner objected, and demanded an itemized bill, which came like this:

Hitting machine with hammer: $5
Knowing where to hit: $495

>Well, should I ever get out your way I'll expect to be taken to the correct location. <g>
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>I'd agree that it's all in the dough. I'd think that, other than a special formula for sauce that most ingredients are easily acquired.
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>Kind of reminds me though of the story about the haberdasher who coiled a smallish bolt of cloth on the lady's head when she asked for a special hat for a party. When he gave her the $50 bill and she objected, he took the bolt of cloth off her head, told her it would be $5 for the cloth, but that his experience was where the $45 went to. <g>
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>Best,
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>DD
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>>>>Are you suggesting it's a dietary thing? Never thought of that. Maybe I could get a grant from the government to study the effects of bad pizza on the human nervous system. They've funded stranger things.< g >
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>>>George,
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>>>Wellll... I'm not exactly sure that at this point it's entirely a dietary thing. It seems to have become something more, perhaps there is a sort of universal or transcendant 'place' where all the focal points of pizza crust, sauce and cheese collide with human desire.
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>>It's the dough and the oven that make the key to a great pie; while red pies deserve much attention, only the greats can do justice to a white pie. Whatever, regardless of toppings, without great dough and a really hot brick oven, you can't get truly great za. Great sauce doesn't make up for unevenly baked crust, with the consistency of SillyPutty and all the character of moldy cardboard... < shudder >.
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>>What's amazing is I know a couple people who live less than a block from Sally's, which is open until 2AM, who order a pie from Domino's, delivered in their handy-dandy electric blanket bags. Less than 100' from a $2.00 slice of heaven. What fools these mortals be!
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>>>It sounds as if you may have slipped outside of this great cosmic stream and are now in the process of reclaiming lost ground.....
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>>>Best,
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>>>DD