Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Popular fallacies

Tonight I found out that the use of the word "reification" in conversation will stop a roomful of computer scientists in their tracks with delight. People started coming in from the kitchen, going "WHAT DID YOU SAY?"

"I've never had such a positive response to one word before," I said. "Apart from 'sandwiches', possibly."

"Sandwiches. There's a thought."

(Semi-relatedly, it's quite late at night and I've just realized I don't really have any breakfast foods. Soup for breakfast: disgusting? Does the answer depend on what kind of soup it is, and how late I get up?)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Den eneste OK suppen til frokost er havresuppe (supergodt). Håper du slapp fiskesuppefrokost (som blir feil uansett når man våkner) og i stedet kjøpte deg noe lekkert med tørkede tranebær og minst en type spennede nøtter på Starbucks?
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erika said...

Det gikk bra! Jeg fant et egg. Suppen jeg hadde tenkt å spise var minestrone, men det ville vel egentlig ha blitt litt feil.