I visited a cousin of mine recently, so I thought I ought to take her a present. What better gift, I thought, than the spread illustrated above?
After all, it is, to say the least, unusual, and I was pretty sure that she would not have come across it before. And I also thought it would be a bit of a laugh.
“Oh wow!”, she exclaimed when she opened the wrapping. “My favourite!”
“Eh?”, I said. “You mean you’ve come across this stuff before?”
“Well, the stuff, but not called that.”
“It’s not really… well, that, you know. It’s lemon curd.”
“Yeah, I know”, she said. “I gotta show my family this!”
And then she proceeded to take a photo of it on her phone, and send it to her husband and kids.
I was disappointed that she didn’t express complete disgust. But I have to say I held a sneaking admiration for her unflappability.
It reminded me of a comment reported by a review of “Oh! Calcutta!”, a play designed to shock audiences of the day with full-frontal nudity. Apparently, one teenager, emerging from the theatre, commented to his friend,
“I think my parents would like it.”
If he was correct, then that is unflappability!
Hahaha this made me laugh out loud!!!
Well, I must admit, that photo moved me! I hope I can still enjoy lemon curd :)