Though I curiously have yet failed to raven the pasta I made last night.
It is well known to all, or at least me, that a trumpeter can, through the cunning employ of a mute, create sounds reminiscent of the human voice. (One can also merely speak through the mouthpiece, somehow—but that doesn't concern me.) Less widely known is that a person, for example, Tim Buckley, can cause his voice to be reminiscent of a muted trumpet, and even, if one's imagination is hyperactive, a muted trumpet being played in such a way as to resemble a human voice (saying "marmalade", no less). This can be heard on the track "Jungle Fire" from Starsailor, and is worth keeping in mind when reading "How to Talk: Some Simple Ways".
The curious resemblance of my toothpaste just now to licorice is of less obvious utility, and possibly the result of mind control.
Comments
on 2005-07-25 17:41:32.0, Michael commented:
The curious resemblance of my toothpaste just now to licorice is of less obvious utility
I disagree.
and, further, on 2005-07-25 19:44:56.0, bitchphd commented:
Is that the fennel-flavored toothpaste? I love that stuff.
and, further, on 2005-07-25 19:53:12.0, ben wolfson commented:
That's the odd thing—it's standard, no-flavor-specified toothpaste. Perhaps an interaction with what I had eaten immediately before brushing my teeth.
Is there really fennel-flavored toothpaste? For reals?
and, further, on 2005-07-25 20:34:02.0, tammy commented:
I remember using the fennel stuff for years when I was but a wee bairn and would not tolerate (you will find this ironic, no doubt, given my incomprehension of your refusal to consume mint-flavored gum) mint toothpaste.