Literally
This morning I was reading this article in Real Detroit Weekly about Public Image Limited singer John Lydon (better known as Sex Pistols singer Johnny Rotten). As usual, the writing in this magazine left a lot to be desired, but I was having breakfast at the Fleetwood and there was nothing else to read, so there you go. However, I was surprised as hell, intrigued, and almost completely flabbergasted when I read these lines:During its initial run from 1978 to 1993, PiL would go on to be, arguably, as influential as the Sex Pistols, but without the same amount of adulation, perhaps because of its relative lack of notoriety. Now, after a 17-year hiatus, PiL has returned, but its abrasive, anarchist founder has, quite literally, turned to butter.
WHAT?!? John Lydon has turned to butter? He has somehow transformed into a dairy product that I can spread on my toast? How is this possible? Some kind of technological advancement in genetic engineering? I turned the page in extreme excitement.
Country Life butter, to be precise. Lydon has appeared in several advertisements for the British company over the past year.
Wait a second! You said that he LITERALLY turned to butter! Did you mean . . . ? Oh. You meant figuratively, didn't you? Then why didn't you use the word figuratively? Not as strong? But it's WRONG! It only makes sense if John Lydon has actually turned to butter. Unless you mean that he turned to butter to console him, of course. Which makes slightly more sense.
WHAT?!? John Lydon has turned to butter? He has somehow transformed into a dairy product that I can spread on my toast? How is this possible? Some kind of technological advancement in genetic engineering? I turned the page in extreme excitement.
Country Life butter, to be precise. Lydon has appeared in several advertisements for the British company over the past year.
Wait a second! You said that he LITERALLY turned to butter! Did you mean . . . ? Oh. You meant figuratively, didn't you? Then why didn't you use the word figuratively? Not as strong? But it's WRONG! It only makes sense if John Lydon has actually turned to butter. Unless you mean that he turned to butter to console him, of course. Which makes slightly more sense.