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Riddle: Burning Pasta

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A kettle with spaghetti is standing on top of a stove.
The spaghetti are burning at the top end.

Assuming everyone in this kitchen has behaved normally, as far as they can determine. What is the logical explanation for this?

Update: So, after staring at the silent audience for 48 hours, I blink… The wrong hotplate has been turned on, the one the pasta is leaning over when standing in the pot. After enough time the heat makes the pasta burn. In other words, don’t leave the kitchen while cooking pasta. In fact, don’t leave the kitchen while cooking. Period!

 

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Why?

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Science:

– Why X?
– Interesting question? Why do you think X?
– No clue…
– Let’s figure it out… how about if we added Y?
– I added Y once, it didn’t go so well.
– Let’s add Y anyway and see if that is a pattern.
– Your funeral… but sure, let’s wear protective gowns and keep a safe distance and I’m game…

Religion:

– Why X?
– Because God said so!

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Fhahahahrenheit

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Celsius:

“The scale is based on 0°C for the freezing point of water and 100°C for the boiling point of water at 1 atm pressure.” /Wikipedia

Fahrenheit:

“The lower defining point, 0°F, was established as the temperature of a solution of brine made from equal parts of ice and salt. Further limits were established as the melting point of ice (32°F) and his best estimate of the average human body temperature (96°F, about 2.6°F less than the modern value due to a later redefinition of the scale). The scale is now usually defined by two fixed points: the temperature at which water freezes into ice is defined as 32°F, and the boiling point of water is defined to be 212°F, a 180°F separation, as defined at sea level and standard atmospheric pressure.” /Wikipedia