Noba Loney
Active Member
Most of the time I'm not mislead by taking things too literally. It's more like part of my brain wants to present dad jokes based on ambiguity in language.
For instance, a can of soup that has "shake well before opening" written on it.
Now, I know what that is supposed to be conveying, but at the same time I can't help reading it as either an instruction to shake one's body before opening the can, or to shake the can a week before opening it.
Hilarious stuff I'm sure you'll agree.
Recently however, this frankly odd mixed metaphor did get me for a moment, and ironically it appears as part of a list of supposed autistic traits.
"Eats outdated norms for breakfast."
My first thoughts are - porridge is quite normal I suppose, but is it outdated? What sort of breakfast are they talking about here?
Actually, it's a good little list but I'm still not quite sure what that one means.
For instance, a can of soup that has "shake well before opening" written on it.
Now, I know what that is supposed to be conveying, but at the same time I can't help reading it as either an instruction to shake one's body before opening the can, or to shake the can a week before opening it.
Hilarious stuff I'm sure you'll agree.
Recently however, this frankly odd mixed metaphor did get me for a moment, and ironically it appears as part of a list of supposed autistic traits.
"Eats outdated norms for breakfast."
My first thoughts are - porridge is quite normal I suppose, but is it outdated? What sort of breakfast are they talking about here?
Actually, it's a good little list but I'm still not quite sure what that one means.