BS: Cabbage looking

Subject: RE: BS: Cabbage looking
From: Rowan
Date: 16 Jul 07 - 09:33 PM

Funny you should mention it, Walrus. I was standing in a coffee queue on campus a while ago and a young lady (whom I'd never seen before) behind me was wearing a T shirt with "PLACEBO" across it, strategically. Not realising it was the name of a band (ah, such ignorance!) I thought about the word for a while and then asked her, "Do they have the same effect as the real thing?"

She didn't immediately realise what I was referring to but, when I pointed to the word, she got the joke and laughed. A few days later I was in the coffee queue again and she was working behind the counter making the coffee; she told me she'd told a friend of hers about my comment and the friend had immediately said, "Oh, that must have been Rowan!" So I 'fessed up' and introduced myself, marvelling at network theory; I was amazed I could be so easily identified.

Still in the queue I then told her about the Ag Science student (another young lady) I'd once taught who was wearing a T shirt with a provocative comment about sowing wild oats; I suggested to her that she keep a good supply of Roundup (a popular weedkiller here) but the student hadn't a clue what I'd meant. The coffee maker did though; she wasn't green, just young.

Cheers, Rowan

Subject: RE: BS: Cabbage looking
From: JennyO
Date: 16 Jul 07 - 11:45 PM

That reminds me - I used to have an apricot-coloured t shirt that had the words "Freshly Squeezed" across the chest area, with a drawing of dripping slices of orange.

I liked it and enjoyed the comments - treating it like a bit of fun, until my husband-to-be, who turned out to be a bit of a prude, showed his disapproval.

Years later, when we were separated but taking the kids to Australia's Wonderland on an extremely hot (100 degrees C) day, he showed his disapproval of me jumping in the fountain with my kids and lots of other people who were sensibly cooling off (adults as well as children). He said the wet t shirt was 'too revealing', but by that time I didn't care, and laughed it off. I was the one that was cool and comfortable while he was hot and bothered. Ten minutes later everything was just about dry anyway.

Thank goodness my kids seem to take after me more than him!

Subject: RE: BS: Cabbage looking
From: GUEST,Shimrod
Date: 17 Jul 07 - 08:50 AM

I usually say, "I'm not as green as YOU'RE cabbage looking". No self-deprecation for me!