Doing one of my perpetual drive-bys - we have a big meeting in one week and it's been insane for the past month - Betsy HP's story about the deer reminded me of something that happened last week.
A deer wandered out of Rock Creek Park into Georgetown (for those of you who don't know DC, it's a fashionable (expensive) neighborhood with lots of shops). It wandered through Diesel and Ralph Lauren and was cornered in a dressing room by Animal Control. They shot it with a tranquilizer dart and took it back to the park. In a truly Washingtonian touch, as the unconscious deer was carried out, the crowd outside began chanting "Free Bambi!"
WTF does it mean????
Ok, so like you say, "Hey! I'm a writer!" and I say, "Ohmigawd! My SO Bob is a writer!" and then someone else say, "I drive a Ferrari!" and I say, "OHmigawd! Bob likes Ferraris!" And then someone else else says, "I like carrots, and then I say, "Oh mi GAWD!! BOB LIKES CARROTS!"
It wandered through Diesel and Ralph Lauren and was cornered in a dressing room by Animal Control.
I hope it crapped on something foolishly expensive. Hopefully lots of somethings.
No reports on damage ... maybe it was just browsing.
maybe it was just browsing.
Christmas *is* coming up after all!
While we are asking, what's the origin of "Bob likes carrots" and WTF does it mean????
Non-FAQ readers!
It was from a Teppy comment about people who get so wrapped up in their new romances that every subject is related back to that person.
Such as:
Joe: "Do you know any good recipes for carrots?"
Jane: "Yes I saw one in Cook's Illustrated last month."
Sue: "Bob likes carrots!"
Then it quickly became shorthand for any obsession which becomes the narrow lens through which you view everything around you.
In my world, baseball, music and haircuts like carrots.
I hope it crapped on something foolishly expensive. Hopefully lots of somethings.
Note to self: get Connie "Eat the Rich" t-shirt for xmas.
Krav doesn't like carrots.
Thought you should know.
get Connie "Eat the Rich" t-shirt for xmas.
Sounds like I'm gonna need more garlic teriyaki sauce.
