From the Morning

More Truths of the the universe: The Cheerios Effect. Let's say you're pouring torus shaped cereal bits into a bowl. A few of them drop to the floor, inevitably. I don't care how anal retentive or obsessive compulsive you may be, it is certain that a few of those bastards will go tumbling to the floor. This is going to happen. That's the way it works. Now. The amount that dropped to the floor will Always be greater than the amount you recover. The number of pieces that you pick up "n" will be less than the number that fell to the floor "f." So n < f. Or, at the very least f = (n+1). Furthermore, when you do find the one or more that you missed, it will be in the form of a fine irrecoverable powder, because you stepped on it.