Sunday, August 18, 2019

Day 38: Dinner table conversation

"Bluefin tuna can weigh 1500 pounds."
"That's bigger than our horse."
"It's kind of scary to think about something that big swimming around in the ocean, don't you think?"
"Like sharks."
"No!  Not like sharks!  Everybody gives sharks a hard time, but you're more likely to get hit by lightening or killed by a vending machine falling over than get bitten by a shark! They have an important role to play!"
"Bluefin tuna look like Pepperidge Farm crackers."
"That's true.  And college students will worship anything."
"I don't think college students would worship bluefin tuna."
[scornful look]
"No.  The fish crackers."
"Oh.  I'll buy that."