Monday, April 19, 2010

A lighthearted post

I spend a lot of time reading things that piss me off (in books, online, in newspapers) and I often launch into long-winded diatribes that my poor husband is forced to listen to.

Naturally, this can get to be a little much.
Sometimes he begs, "can we please talk about something else just for a little bit? I'm already angry enough about the world for one day."
"Ok." I say. "What should we talk about?"

"Um - puppies?" He suggests.

"Puppy mills! Dog fighting! Shelter overcrowding!"

"Uhh - butterflies?"

"Global warming! Pollution! Oil drilling in the ANWR!"
"Fine." He says. "You think of something."









"Unicorns?" I finally suggest.

"Not unless you're willing to admit that you're wrong." He replies.



Oh yes. We had a bitter argument a few months ago about the proper etymology and usage of the word "unicorn". Sadly, this is not a joke.

"Is there nothing that we can discuss that doesn't remind us of horrible things?" I asked.
"Cookies?" He suggested.


"Trans-fats?" I tried. "Cholesterol? Calories? The 'obesity epidemic'?"

"No, we don't care about any of that stuff." He replied.

Cookies it is! So let's all have a cookie.

5 comments:

  1. I'm just imagining him making an argument for the usage of unicorn... I have no idea what the proper etymology and usage is, only that The Last Unicorn made me really sad when I was little.

    And I can't believe cookies are a happier topic than puppies and butterflies...cookies are yummy, but then I feel guilty and gluttonous (not that that stops me from eating them....)

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  2. The argument was about (to the best of my recollection) whether it was proper to refer to the unicorn's horn as a 'unicorn', or whether you should say 'unicorn's horn' or 'horn'. Since unicorn MEANS 'one horn'. And there were rhinos brought up, and narwhals... I don't really remember it but I'm SURE he could recount it in epic detail if ever you are interested.

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  3. Cookies remind me of white people showing off their un-racist-ness. >.> Look how awesome I am! Gimme cookie! (Disclaimer: I'm white, I know I've done it myself.)

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  4. Oh no antikythera, you've ruined cookies for me too :)

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  5. Lol! Nice post.
    Cookies for me are only ok if they're home-made. Unfortunately, being involved in orangutan conservation has made store-bought ones a problematic issue for me.

    http://www.cspinet.org/new/200603211.html

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