Thesaurus - the dinosaur I can't find in a museum!
Dabido Visits a Museum. Act One, Scene One.
Dabs: Hello, I want to see a Thesaurus.
Museum Lady: Which one?
D: Thesaurus. You have a thesaurus here?
ML: We have many saurus. You mean the dinosaurs, right?
D: I'm just wanting to see a Thesaurus.
ML: Pick one.
D: Pick one?
ML: Yes, pick one. Which saurus do you want to see?
D: I want to see Thesaurus.
ML: Do you know any dinosaurs at all?
D: Yes, I know the Brontosaurus.
ML: Doesn't exist.
D: Of course not, they're all extinct.
ML: No, I mean the Brontosaurus doesn't exist any more.
D: Well, that's because they all died. Duh!
ML: No, you misunderstand, the Brontosaurus is now called Apatosaurus.
D: Can I pat a saurus?
ML: No, Apatosaurus.
D: That's right, I want to pat a saurus.
ML: No, you can't pat a saurus. The BRONTOSAURUS is now APATOSAURUS.
D: Oh, sorry. So I get to pat a Brontosaurus.
ML: NO! NO! NO! The Brontosaurus has been renamed! It's now called Apatosaurus.
D: Because we get to pat them?
ML: NO! You can't pat them.
D: Then why did they rename them if we can't pat them?
ML: It's a long story, but basically whoever finds a dinosaur fossil first gets to name them. It was discovered that the person who originally discovered the Brontosaurus had named it an Apatosaurus, so they've now changed the name.
D: Because we get to pat them.
ML: No, because someone else found it first!
D: And he got to pat it?
ML: No, he didn't get to pat it! It was dead already.
D: Well duh! All dinosaurs are dead. I wasn't expecting to find a live dinosaur in a museum!
ML: Well what did you expect to pat then?
D: A Brontosaurus.
ML: You can't pat a Brontosaurus! They're Apatosaurus.
D: I'm confused! Where can I pat a saurus?
ML: No! The name of the dinosaur is APATOSAURUS, but you are not allowed to pat them.
D: Then why name them to give the impression that we can?
ML: It's the name! It's APATO, not PAT A. You can't pat a saurus.
D: But we can still look at them, am I right?
ML: Yes, you can look at them.
D: Good, I'd like to see a Thesaurus.
ML: Which one?
D: Thesaurus.
ML: There are millions of them, which one do you want to see.
D: Any of them.
ML: It doesn't matter which one?
D: No, not at all.
ML: Why do you want to see a saurus?
D: I want to look up another word for 'annoying idiot.'
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