by Catriona Mills

Strange Conversations: Part Eighty

Posted 14 January 2009 in by Catriona

Three strange conversations in a row might be a bit much (even if one was a thinly disguised excuse for yet another picture of a water dragon), but it’s just been one of those days.

NICK: That’s it! I’m gathering up all the tea towels and I’m washing them. They’re all disgusting!
(Note: They’re not. The majority of them are clean and folded in the linen cupboard.)
ME: Good idea. While you’re at it, you can do the foot towels, as well. (Pause) ‘Foot towels’?
NICK: You mean the hand towels?
ME: No, the . . . you know.
NICK: The towels?
ME: No, the . . . thingies. The bath mats!
NICK: Ah. Right.
ME: The bath mats, which from now on shall be known as foot towels.
NICK: It’s as good a name as any.
ME: It’s really not.

Share your thoughts [3]

1

John wrote at Jan 14, 11:38 pm

No, it really is.

And I hereby swear that bathmats shall in future be exclusively referred to as “foot towels”.

2

Catriona wrote at Jan 14, 11:51 pm

I worry, though, that there are people out there who really do have specific towels just for their feet. And this might lead to confusion.

3

Leigh wrote at Jan 15, 03:00 am

Why do we have hand specific towels and not foot specific towels, what did the feet do wrong. I’m with John I’m going to be calling bathmats foot towels from not on….. its all about the status quo

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