Discussions by Idiots
Two things have emerged form recent discussions.
- there may be a market for shark infested custard
- I suck at describing things to people
Number one originated with the classic joke “what’s yellow and dangerous?” “Shark infested custard”. This was discussed at length among two hyper people over the phone, and the result was that yes, we want to see shark infested custard, but we don’t want to eat it. If it was full of tiny, miniature sharks, we might like to keep it as a pet, but if its got one massive shark in it, then we would probably get eaten when we open the tin, or powder mix or whatever form you want your shark infested custard to be in, and that wouldn’t be too good for your health.
The second point came from last night’s discussion about going swimming. I was asked if I would be wearing a bikini when we went swimming. I am fully aware that this is a horrible image and would make people very ill. So I said that I would be wearing a metal box thing “what old divers go in”.
I was referring to one of these:
http://www.globeimports.com/ProdImages/WW-4417F.JPG
But what was seemingly conveyed was that I would like to drown pre-pensioners in metal cages and drag them behind cross-channel ferries. This concept took the best part of an hour to re-explain and give better examples for and by the time Rob had worked out what I was talking about, we had forgotten why we were talking about it and were both very confused- me probably more so than him.
If you have any comments on shark infested custard, new-car-smell flavour ice-cream, or diving suits as swim wear, please let me know. 
April 6th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
That sort of lightend my day and sort of confused me… happy days!