Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Stoopid things I've said pt I
First, a short note on the spelling:
'Stupid' is just plain ignorance, while 'stoopid' is (to quote my friend Geoff) "stooping from a level of intelligence" to make an ignorant statement on purpose.
1) This last week, whilst preparing for our onslaught of Glenpool as a late celebration of my birthday w/ Mrs Sivana's Mom & Me-Ma, a thought came to mind in relation to the recent revelation that homegrown meth (aka redneck crack) is being replaced by lower quality (Whaa?! Is such a thing possible?!), imported 'mexican ice'.
Mrs Sivana said we needed orange juice and I said "Have you heard of redneck screwdrivers?"
Mrs S: "What's that?"
me: "Orange Crush and beer".
Her mother, when told this, may have improved the gag by changing it to "Tang and beer".
2) Later, her mother thought it would be amusing to look through her collection of vinyl she's collected over the years. It is a good-sized collection ranging across a number of styles: jazz, disco, hard rock, classic rock and country. Ambrosia, Kansas, Asia, Perry Como(?), George Harrison....
When she got to George Harrison, I piped up "I heard he used to play with a group", which resulted in small smiles and rolling of eyes. But that was just the set-up.
I followed with (please don't hate me, Geoff) "Didn't he used to be in Wings?"
I thought it was just an amusing quip, but Mrs Sivana and her mom would have fallen over, if they hadn't already been sitting on the floor.
Guess it just goes to show that one man's meat is another man's boca burger....
First, a short note on the spelling:
'Stupid' is just plain ignorance, while 'stoopid' is (to quote my friend Geoff) "stooping from a level of intelligence" to make an ignorant statement on purpose.
1) This last week, whilst preparing for our onslaught of Glenpool as a late celebration of my birthday w/ Mrs Sivana's Mom & Me-Ma, a thought came to mind in relation to the recent revelation that homegrown meth (aka redneck crack) is being replaced by lower quality (Whaa?! Is such a thing possible?!), imported 'mexican ice'.
Mrs Sivana said we needed orange juice and I said "Have you heard of redneck screwdrivers?"
Mrs S: "What's that?"
me: "Orange Crush and beer".
Her mother, when told this, may have improved the gag by changing it to "Tang and beer".
2) Later, her mother thought it would be amusing to look through her collection of vinyl she's collected over the years. It is a good-sized collection ranging across a number of styles: jazz, disco, hard rock, classic rock and country. Ambrosia, Kansas, Asia, Perry Como(?), George Harrison....
When she got to George Harrison, I piped up "I heard he used to play with a group", which resulted in small smiles and rolling of eyes. But that was just the set-up.
I followed with (please don't hate me, Geoff) "Didn't he used to be in Wings?"
I thought it was just an amusing quip, but Mrs Sivana and her mom would have fallen over, if they hadn't already been sitting on the floor.
Guess it just goes to show that one man's meat is another man's boca burger....
# posted by Alexi Sivana : 11:47 AM
