(For starters – a footnote: apparently not every version of English carries the same insinuations for words and phrases used in this story so things could be relatively meaningless to a goodly number of readers??)
All I did at breakfast was to ask Freda if she wanted toast or crumpet.
“I want crumpet. What do you want?”
She took offence.
By crumpet I meant the cake with a soft, porous texture, made from a yeast mixture cooked on a griddle and eaten toasted and buttered. She took it to infer that by crumpet I meant her to be an object of sexual desire.
“Look,” I said trying to explain. “I was trying to be kind and you took it the wrong way. I wasn’t trying to butter you up.”
“There you go again,” expostulated Freda. “Can’t you treat me as a human being? Covering me in butter and devouring me like some sort of cheap slice.”
“It’s toast then,” I said. “How would you like your eggs done?”
“Oh for goodness sake, I should never have stayed the night. To discuss my ovaries first thing in the morning is beyond belief. I’m leaving. I’m tired of your insinuations.”
She left. The moral of this tale is never have the editor of a dictionary stay over for breakfast.
I suppose calling her an English Muffin would be no better? I think Freda has a dirty mind.
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At least she was called a scone.
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I strongly suspect Freda is a descendant of Freud.
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I wouldn’t be surprised!
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The perils of the English language, you didn’t have to explain it to me 🙂
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The explanation was for those of lesser comprehension!
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The worst thing about a one night stand is not being able to lie down.
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Not being able to lie down is one thing; not being able to lie is worse.
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True.
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If she stayed the night, I’m not sure she can reasonably be offended at being called a crumpet or having her ovaries questioned. She sounds a little over easy to me.
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I thought of that too!
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