Shacharit = breakfast

[hatam_soferet]

Before I forget - I've invented a brilliant metaphor: shacharit is like breakfast. Most days, you just want to have some cereal and get on with your day. Some days you have a little something extra. Occasionally you have a gigantic fried breakfast. If you have a huge rich breakfast every single day you get tired of it and it takes the whole morning; if you always have really boring economy cereal you get tired of that too.

I think this can stand quite a lot of extending, as well. I won't do it now, it's bedtime, and I'm sure you can do it for yourselves. Thought it was fun, though.