Un-meh.

[gothwalk]

Universe Controller 1: Look, Drew's apathetic.
Universe Controller 2: Can't have that. Let's throw a few shapes at him.

I just got another call from the Mysterious Southern Caller. The entire content of the call was "Life is better with oak-rah". Now, apart from the whole who the fuck IS this guy question, I now also have, what the hell is "oak-rah"?

But, uh, cheers, whoever you are. I am no longer apathetic.

(There are sugegstions that what he actually said was "Oprah", but no, I don't think so - Southern accent, plenty of time to work out what the sounds are before the sentence is finished.)

[EDIT: iresprite tells me the word is "okra", a food eaten in the Southern US, and consisting of "long mucilaginous green pods". Now, unless I miss my English, that's "green slimy pod things". Life is better with green slimy pod things, eh?]

Comments

[yendi]

Okra is wonderful! The key is, you must fry the slimy pod things (although I think they taste fine cooked otherwise, too, but fried is the most common way of serving okra). Whoever called you was right.

[fornorald.livejournal.com]

I like 'em boiled, though not many do. I guess the texture puts people off.

[iresprite.livejournal.com]

Dig it, man. Even within my own country there are major cultural/culinary divides. Okra just sopunds creepy. *grins*

I semi-enjoy asparagus (esp. wrapped in bacon), so maybe I might semi-enjoy okra.

How's the blowtorch, yendi? I just made some excellent creme brulee with mine.