I saw a license plate holder on the way to work this morning that said "Got Breastmilk?"
Um... Yes? No? What's the correct answer, here? Or if it's a rhetorical question, what's the message? I didn't quite get it. I'm really sick of the whole "Got X" thing. My idea is a bumper sticker that says "Got Originality?" as a little ironic jab.
So I've been thinking a bit about this lately. A long time ago I came up with a classification system for the way people look. Maybe this isn't too original, but I've found that lots of people fit (to me, at least) into just a few basic categories.
I guess that this started way back in the day when Shaq first came on the scene, and Friends was still fresh, and I noticed how sleepy Shaq and David Schwimmer were. Hence, the "Sleepy people" category was born. You can tell sleepy people by their drooping eyelids, slightly slurring speech, and general "I just woke up" appearance. Once you know the look, you'll find they're all over the place.
Elfy people are sort of pixie-like. Small and thin, with bright eyes and straight hair. Bonus points for hair so flat that their ears poke through (a la Gelflings from the Dark Crystal).
Horsey folks have, obviously, long faces ("Why the long face?") and big teeth.
There's others, as well. Piggy. Froggy. Cavemannish. I saw a perfect caveman on the way to the Padres game the other night. Big strong forehead, deepset eyes, big snout. There was also a noteable one as a PE teacher at my high school (you should know immediately who I'm talking about).
It should be noted, though, that not everyone fits into a category named above (in fact, most people don't), so if you don't know which category you fit into, this probably doesn't apply to you.
Maybe this is all so obvious that it's not worth pointing out. But I have fun with it, and maybe you can too.
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