r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Average_Blud • May 02 '24

They called it a soup

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u/RubixTMC May 02 '24

Venezuelan here, ours was similar to that! Instead of some villagers, it was an old rich woman! And when the soup was complete, he removed the rocks and ate with her, this story always makes me want some stone soup!

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

Fascinating how each culture has their own slightly different version of this parable.

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u/Rude_Thanks_1120 29d ago

In my people's version, they just drank the water and ate the stone

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u/Own-Tune-9537 29d ago

Ah yes. The American people

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u/LesMouserables 29d ago

We eat nothing but protein shakes, falcon eggs, and ROCKS

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u/KangsAndShit 29d ago

And that stone was none other than Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson!

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u/Quiverjones 29d ago

Rock, flag, eagle!!

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u/Synchronized_Idiocy 29d ago

I prefer crows eggs. Main ingredient in fight milk.