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
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an old one, or fresh?
Greg says:
fresh one assumes. either way they scoffed it right down
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what? now I'
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m just confuse.d
Greg says:
Were there points when you weren't?
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some, but I was probably wrong about those.
Greg says:
or possibly was confused at the time
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yes...
Greg says:
Which begs a question about the times when you were confused
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…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…
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What do you mean pineapple?
Greg says:
Term for a grenade.
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Get out of here
Greg says:
Honest
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Honest what?
Greg says:
Pineapple=grenade
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So
Greg says:
So pineapples are called grenades
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No they aren’t
Greg says:
All right then grenades are called pineapples
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Get out of here
Greg says:
But I like it
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We need the space
Greg says:
How about I breath in?
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That air’s ours. Expel it and get out
Greg says:
Fine
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Fine
Greg says:
I’m gone
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I still hear you
Greg says:
No you can’t
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Well metaphorically
Greg says:
Oh well. metaphorically
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Still see you then
Greg says:
Would it help if I un-bolded my font
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You’re just being silly now
Greg says:
I blush from the shame
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As is appropriate
Greg says:
Grenade is etymologically derived from pomegranate!
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Nghuh? Where did that come from?
Greg says:
Wikipedia
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Not the knowledge – the connection
Greg says:
The conversation needed lightening
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I thought we were tackling vital issues
Greg says:
A shift of focus - pomegranetes
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Well I never
Greg says:
nor you do
Greg says:
Something about French grenades being packed with ball bearings like p seeds
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Those little scamps
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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
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That’s the problem with genXers
Greg says:
No concentration
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No concentration
Greg says:
Different in our day
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true
Greg says:
true
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When was that?
Greg says:
You know I’m not sure
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We had one though didn’t we?
Greg says:
Must have done
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And we concentrated in it
Greg says:
Sounds like GCSE to me
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I concentrated in my fresher year
Greg says:
Me too
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When necessary
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And I wasn’t drunk
Greg says:
Not that much really
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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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