Sunday, 6 October 2024
The one where Mike doesn't want Elly to learn that her need to be Master Chef was in vain.
Synopsis: We find friends and totally not gay couple Mike and Weed at the farmer's market. Mike tells Weed not to tell Elly that he appreciates the taste of vegetables when the flavor and vitality hasn't been boiled out of them by a pea-brained maniac with a ( Read more... )
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When we contrast the contemporary version:
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"Don't tell my mom that I would have eaten vegetables as a kid if she hadn't insisted on boiling the life out of them. If she finds out that all of her CUT CUT CUT and SLICE SLICE SLICE and CHOP CHOP CHOP was in service of ruining the taste of vegetables, her head would explode."
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That's the thing of it: Elly's need to assert her creativity is destructive. Eating stodgy meals that sit in a child's stomach like a burning lead weight tends to ruin a person's ability to look forward to meals and to love things. Aaron eats mushrooms in the here and now because they are prepared properly by someone who knows what he or she is actually doing.
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Elly's being the "Mom" and "Wife" of the house was always strictly performative; she was constantly ironing things that didn't need to be ironing, aggressively sweeping areas of the house that didn't need to be swept, cooking things that didn't need to be cooked, shaving things that didn't need to be shaved, so she would Look Extremely Busy at all times. Meanwhile, the ACTUAL work of being with children and educating them and encouraging them? That requires actual effort, so No.
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Two guys spending a day together at a farmer's market picking out veggies. Nope, these two are not a couple at all. 🙄
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Lynn never managed to quite understand that she's making Mike and Weed out to be a deeply closeted gay couple. Doing so would require her to admit that she has no idea how men behave and lacks the willingness to educate herself.
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They might as well be picking out the PERFECT garland for the front door or holding hands. I mean, jeeeesh.
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I know, right? And when it gets back to her that people tell jokes like this, she starts to keen and wait about being a real person with real feelings. She's a real stupid person with real easily hurt feelings.
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Lynn's Comments:
When I read today's tangent:
One of the things I loved about Ontario was the fall markets. I looked forward to the bins of apples, the many varieties of pumpkins, sweet corn, home-canned pickles, fresh produce and baking. All around us would be the spectacular colours of the fall leaves and the smell of frost in the air. Some memories come back in Technicolor!
I wonder if Lynn ever realized that there are farmer's markets in British Columbia.
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Heck, there are even farmers markets in North Vancouver:
https://www.vancouversnorthshore.com/explore/shopping/farmers-markets/
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But going there would require her to leave her comfort zone. I don't see that happening.
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Plus she would probably need to get Katie to take her. Or Partner Paul.
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