He/She/We/It is/are inane.
God knows what spurred the monologue in my head, but I found myself thinking this evening.
Not sure how I wound up at it, but I was discussing with myself my many superior qualities.
"I am so inane," I said.
Snorting, I countered, "Oho, but I like inane!"
"Well," I decided, "I suppose it's because inane is catchy."
Pause.
"It's also contagious."
Complete with BA-DUM-BUM-CLASH.
This was all spoken aloud. Once I figured out what I had said, I recoiled in horror and told my father. He grinned and told me it could be used in a standup routine.
WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO
Also, pulled a snarky (not) one on my parents yestereve whilst debating cooking chicken a la beer can. We received one of these snazzy contraptions in the mail from my grandparents, see, and while I am a big fan of the technique, my father is not. My mum's all for it, and she explained thusly:
"But I like the chickenonabeercanwithallthefoiledglory!"
"...So do I, but your father is not a fan of the...foilage."
Note that here she means "averse to the use of aluminum foil" and not against flora in general. Of course, I took this opportunity:
"But dad, I thought you were an environmentalist!"
Here, a puzzled mom pops in:
"What has that got to do with foil?"
And back to me:
"...Foilage?"
They snorted and dismissed me. I should probably be glad I can amuse myself, but WHAT CAREER CAN I POSSIBLY MAKE OF THIS
[EDIT]: Oh, wow. I just remembered that the word isn't "foilage," it's "foliage" and that the original gag was contained in a Simpsons episode where Marge is woefully uneducated in linguistics. Of course, Lisa corrects her. Natch. Kinda funny, though, that my parents didn't call me on that one...but we've all seen the episode, so =]
Not sure how I wound up at it, but I was discussing with myself my many superior qualities.
"I am so inane," I said.
Snorting, I countered, "Oho, but I like inane!"
"Well," I decided, "I suppose it's because inane is catchy."
Pause.
"It's also contagious."
Complete with BA-DUM-BUM-CLASH.
This was all spoken aloud. Once I figured out what I had said, I recoiled in horror and told my father. He grinned and told me it could be used in a standup routine.
WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO
Also, pulled a snarky (not) one on my parents yestereve whilst debating cooking chicken a la beer can. We received one of these snazzy contraptions in the mail from my grandparents, see, and while I am a big fan of the technique, my father is not. My mum's all for it, and she explained thusly:
"But I like the chickenonabeercanwithallthefoiledglory!"
"...So do I, but your father is not a fan of the...foilage."
Note that here she means "averse to the use of aluminum foil" and not against flora in general. Of course, I took this opportunity:
"But dad, I thought you were an environmentalist!"
Here, a puzzled mom pops in:
"What has that got to do with foil?"
And back to me:
"...Foilage?"
They snorted and dismissed me. I should probably be glad I can amuse myself, but WHAT CAREER CAN I POSSIBLY MAKE OF THIS
[EDIT]: Oh, wow. I just remembered that the word isn't "foilage," it's "foliage" and that the original gag was contained in a Simpsons episode where Marge is woefully uneducated in linguistics. Of course, Lisa corrects her. Natch. Kinda funny, though, that my parents didn't call me on that one...but we've all seen the episode, so =]