• 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍
    39•7 months ago

    This absolutely cracked me up, and my wife didn’t understand why I found it so funny. It took a moment for me to realize it’s because it’s the same schtick as one of my favorite passages from any book.

    Two stoned people are having a conversation:

    VIRGINIA: Are you hungry?
    ANDY: No. (Long reflective pause.) Wait a minute. Did you mean am I hungry for food, or am I hungry in the abstract, like hungry for knowledge or adventure?
    VIRGINIA: What are you talking about?
    ANDY: You asked if I was hungry.
    VIRGINIA: Did I?
    ANDY: Yes.
    VIRGINIA: Well, are you?
    ANDY: Am I what?

    A Child’s Garden of Grass, by Jack S. Margolis. 1970