On 22 March 2014 12:31, Tim <ignored_mailbox(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote:
Yes, the one with the awful pink, dreadful brown, and plain white
icecream, that tastes nothing like strawberry, chocolate, nor vanilla.
I am reminded of /Good Omens/ by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman:
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"Do you know," he said, "my cousin said that in America there's shops
that sell thirty-nine different flavours of ice cream?"
This even silenced Adam, briefly.
"There aren't thirty-nine flavours of ice cream," said Pepper. "There
aren't thirty-nine flavours in the whole world!"
"There could be, if you mixed them up," said Wensleydale, blinking
owlishly. "You know. Strawberry *and* chocolate. Chocolate *and*
vanilla." He sought for more English flavours. "Strawberry *and*
vanilla *and* chocolate," he added, lamely.
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