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1. One cookie rule

2. Ten cookies

3. Good to the last drop
Maxwell House coffee: Good to the last drop Maxwell House coffee: Good to the last drop

Maxwell House coffee has a slogan that it is "good to the last drop". The song is from 1979. A folk legend has President Theodore Roosevelt visiting the Maxwell House in 1907 and saying the coffee was "good to the last drop".

My High School German teacher had a wry sense of humor and would sometimes tell jokes in German. Speaking about Maxwell House coffee, in reference to their slogan, "good to the last drop", he said something like this, with a wry smile on his face, "und was is Los mit dem letzten Tropf" ("and what is wrong with the last drop").

This idea is similar to the one cookie rule.

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4. One cookie rule
In English, there is the idea of a "good cookie" or a "bad cookie". There are two general forms of the "one cookie rule" where the exceptions are important.

5. Oracle of Delphi
Confirmation bias

Confirmation bias is present in the prophecy of the Oracle of Delphi in response to the Greek Croesus, King of Lydia, rich from the gold at Sardus (mentioned in the book of Revelation in the Bible as one of the seven churches of ancient times).

Croesus, King of Lydia, wanted to know if he should go to war against Persia under Cyrus the Great (conqueror of Babylon, the morning after Daniel interpreted the handwriting on the wall). The Oracle of Delphi told Croesus that "if he went to war, a great empire would be destroyed". Like many humans, Croesus heard what he wanted to hear. He went to war, and his great empire was destroyed (as well as himself). Herodotus.

The ancient Greek word " Κροῖσος""Croesus".

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6. Taking care of Star Wars
DVD: Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith Darth Kitous

In the Star Wars series of movies, at one point, Darth Sidious (the evil leader) tells Neimoidian Nute Gunray (Viceroy of the Trade Federation) that "When my new apprentice, Darth Vader, arrives, he will take care of you", in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. They feel comforted. When Darth Vader gets there, he wipes them out.

This adds new meaning when neighbors ask you to "take care of their cat" while they are away. [Darth Kitious]

Trust the force. The empire will take care of you. Appropriate response about privacy intrusion in the guise of security: I have nothing to hide from those I trust. A related idea is "taking care of business".

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7. Wasps
Wasp and hornet spray
Is this wasp spray good for wasps?
God is good. Is God good for you?

Might this change the meaning of "God will take care of you"? Is that "reward" good or bad? What is a "just reward"? What is "recompense"? Do you get "stressed" thinking about just "desserts"? How are the words "stressed" and "desserts" related?

Information sign More: Song: God will take care of you
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8. One cookie rule
Digits
Growing up, the siblings would often leave the last cookie, piece of cake, etc., not eaten (which annoyed mom).
So, if we were asked "Did you eat all of the cookies?" we could say, "No, I did not have one of them". If pressed, we could point to the "one" cookie that we did not eat. If we had eaten than one, then they would be all (i.e., gone).

Sometimes it is the "one cookie" that is not eaten that is important.

There are two general forms of the "one cookie rule" where the exceptions are important. In general, this is called an "equivocation" in that it could deceive the listener. Equivocations can be used to hide double meanings as in a code or secret code.

Equivocations can be used as jokes which some people like and some do not.

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9. Jokes about one
Digits

 
How can you make number one disappear?
What is the number one cause of dry skin?
What is the number one item shipped by Amazon?

10. Pizza slices
Book cover: Yogi Berra Pizza 4 slices Pizza 6 slices

You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six. Yogi Berra (American professional baseball player and manager)

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11. Matthew 10:29 Not one sparrow
Verse routeMatthew 10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. [kjv]
Verse routeουχι δυο στρουθια ασσαριου πωλειται και εν εξ αυτων ου πεσειται επι την γην ανευ του πατρος υμων [gnt]

Pairs 8Here then is a paraphrase that fits the specific context of the verse and the general idea of birds being the of the evil one.

The "one cookie rule" can be applied here.
Paraphrase: All the sparrows (of the evil one) who sell themselves (or others) out for earthly gain will fall on that earthly ground because they are without God the Father.

Discuss: Provide instances of people (as sparrows) selling themselves (or others) out for money. This could be influence peddling, pay for play, etc.

Information sign More: Matthew 10: 28-31 Taking care of the sparrows
Information sign More: Matthew 10: 28-31 Taking care of the sparrows

12. Pretty birds
Some say:
Blueberry bush picked clean
Have you ever watched a bird clean out your blueberry bush of every blueberry ready to be picked?

Reword those thoughts.

13. Matthew 5:18 Not one jot or one tittle
Verse routeMatthew 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. [kjv]
Verse routeαμην γαρ λεγω υμιν εως αν παρελθη ο ουρανος και η γη ιωτα εν η μια κεραια ου μη παρελθη απο του νομου εως αν παντα γενηται [gnt]

A double negative, translated as "no wise", is used in Greek to be an emphatic negative as in "absolutely no way". Using the "one cookie rule", the emphatic not "one" "jot" and not "one" "tittle" shall "pass by" means the following where there appears to be a double meaning here.

14. One of one
Sometimes just "one" without the "not one" is similar in spirit to the "one cookie rule".

Why just "one"?

15. Matthew 13:45-46 One pearl
Verse routeMatthew 13:45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: [kjv]
Verse routeπαλιν ομοια εστιν η βασιλεια των ουρανων εμπορω ζητουντι καλους μαργαριτας [gnt]
Verse routemargaritas [v]
Verse route13:46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. [kjv]
Verse route ευρων δε ενα πολυτιμον μαργαριτην απελθων πεπρακεν παντα οσα ειχεν και ηγορασεν αυτον [gnt]

Chain Pearls
Revelation defines a "merchant man" as a "great one of the earth". Why might a "great" one of the earth sell everything, but not himself, to obtain "one" pearl? Are not "many" pearls needed. That is, at least two pearls, needed. If everything is sold to buy one pearl, which pearls are thus not obtained? Obtaining only one pearl is like having one link in a chain. From Matthew 18, that "one" or "sheep" or "little one" might be you! Have you been "bought" to help someone else be "great"?
Might the two most important laws identified by Jesus be two "pearls". Both are needed. What happens if one obtains only one of these "pearls"?

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