Thursday, September 28, 2006

Conversation #11 – Pomegranates and Pineapples

In which we learn of explosive fruit and the vicissitudes of Generation X

Greg says:

they found a grenade just down our road last week

A Kenny by any other name says:

an old one, or fresh?

Greg says:

fresh one assumes. either way they scoffed it right down

A Kenny by any other name says:

what? now I'

A Kenny by any other name says:

m just confuse.d

Greg says:

Were there points when you weren't?

A Kenny by any other name says:

some, but I was probably wrong about those.

Greg says:

or possibly was confused at the time

A Kenny by any other name says:

yes...

Greg says:

Which begs a question about the times when you were confused

A Kenny by any other name says:

…this grenade

Greg says:

There was something about one of the neighbours referring to it as a pineapple and another just having arrived here and not used to English idioms…

A Kenny by any other name says:

What do you mean pineapple?

Greg says:

Term for a grenade.

A Kenny by any other name says:

Get out of here

Greg says:

Honest

A Kenny by any other name says:

Honest what?

Greg says:

Pineapple=grenade

A Kenny by any other name says:

So

Greg says:

So pineapples are called grenades

A Kenny by any other name says:

No they aren’t

Greg says:

All right then grenades are called pineapples

A Kenny by any other name says:

Get out of here

Greg says:

But I like it

A Kenny by any other name says:

We need the space

Greg says:

How about I breath in?

A Kenny by any other name says:

That air’s ours. Expel it and get out

Greg says:

Fine

A Kenny by any other name says:

Fine

Greg says:

I’m gone

A Kenny by any other name says:

I still hear you

Greg says:

No you can’t

A Kenny by any other name says:

Well metaphorically

Greg says:

Oh well. metaphorically

A Kenny by any other name says:

Still see you then

Greg says:

Would it help if I un-bolded my font

A Kenny by any other name says:

You’re just being silly now

Greg says:

I blush from the shame

A Kenny by any other name says:

As is appropriate

Greg says:

Grenade is etymologically derived from pomegranate!

A Kenny by any other name says:

Nghuh? Where did that come from?

Greg says:

Wikipedia

A Kenny by any other name says:

Not the knowledge – the connection

Greg says:

The conversation needed lightening

A Kenny by any other name says:

I thought we were tackling vital issues

Greg says:

A shift of focus - pomegranetes

A Kenny by any other name says:

Well I never

Greg says:

nor you do

Greg says:

Something about French grenades being packed with ball bearings like p seeds

A Kenny by any other name says:

Those little scamps

A Kenny by any other name says:

This doesn’t alter th e fact that you have still failed to get out .

Greg says:

Maybe not

Greg says:

But its deflected your attention

A Kenny by any other name says:

That’s the problem with genXers

Greg says:

No concentration

A Kenny by any other name says:

No concentration

Greg says:

Different in our day

A Kenny by any other name says:

true

Greg says:

true

A Kenny by any other name says:

When was that?

Greg says:

You know I’m not sure

A Kenny by any other name says:

We had one though didn’t we?

Greg says:

Must have done

A Kenny by any other name says:

And we concentrated in it

Greg says:

Sounds like GCSE to me

A Kenny by any other name says:

I concentrated in my fresher year

Greg says:

Me too

A Kenny by any other name says:

When necessary

A Kenny by any other name says:

And I wasn’t drunk

Greg says:

Not that much really

A Kenny by any other name says:

But more than I am now

Greg says:

Much more?

A Kenny by any other name says:

Dunno. But definitely more

Greg says:

Gotta go

A Kenny by any other name says:

Cheerio

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