A number theorist if I remember right. Not a great one at that - more
know for his ability to condense the character and sometimes failing of
man logically into a few precise words. Similar to the insights of
Chrarles Lutwidge a.ka. Lewis Caroll who was much better know for his
unique glimpse of the nature of the human in his adventures of "Alice,
the Queen of Hearts, the Mad Hatter, etc., than his mathematics.
"To make the perfect toast" is a unique one line comment on human
nature and it seems unfortunately to describe where we seems to have
evolved in endurance riding.
Truman
Bob Morris wrote:
In past years there was a fairly well known
mathematician from Denmark by the name of Piet Hein, He was known for
things like the "Perfect egg" and for his short comments called
"grooks". The one grook that has stuck with me all these years goes
like
"TO MAKE PERFECT TOAST, YOU COOK IT UNTIL IT
BURNS, AND THEN TWO SECONDS LESS"
This is how some riders work with their
horses and exactly why we are having this discussion.
You will note: Piet did not give you an exact
period of time, in finite numbers to cook the toast, as each piece of
bread is different. He gives you a point of measure, the burning, and
then advises a slightly less period of cooking.
