१९ मार्च, २०१३

"'If I don't like somebody's name... I won't like them very much,' he explains unabashedly."

"My name, Audrey, for example, tastes strongly of tinned tomatoes. 'If I actually had to speak with you every day, I'd try and shorten [your name] somehow,' Wannerton tells me."

११ टिप्पण्या:

virgil xenophon म्हणाले...

I once knew a guy unfortunately stuck with the monicker of Roe Haddock--I wonder how he would taste to Wannerton, lol.

virgil xenophon म्हणाले...

PS: If EVER there was a guy who could have plead "justifiable homicide" for murdering his parents, Roe would have been it, lol.

Eric the Fruit Bat म्हणाले...

Funny, I would have thought "Audrey" to be a woody sort of word.

Phil 314 म्हणाले...

Smells like teen spirit.

edutcher म्हणाले...

I like the name, Audrey. Very French.

But, just to show how petty people can be, the head of the Great Northern Railroad, Henry Villard, once fired a man on the grounds his name was Charles Swinburne Spittles.

People can give slime a bad name.

Sharc म्हणाले...

Audrey. Gorn. Gorn. Caribou gorn. Audrey. Gorn. Definitely has a woody feel to it.

glenn म्हणाले...

Tell this moron you didn't want to be his friend anyhow.

Amartel म्हणाले...

This synesthesia seems like it would be very subjective, just like any other human response to outside stimuli, but it's being discussed in the article by the afflicted as some sort of objective truth meter. The chef and the sommelier are making money off it, selling their subjective taste/smell experiences, and the tomato guy is using it as an excuse to be an asshole to other people. He enjoys that, at the end of the day. Unabashedly.

Unknown म्हणाले...

Luckily for me James Wannerton has no taste at all.

Crunchy Frog म्हणाले...

This article is in very bad taste.

Methadras म्हणाले...

Amartel said...

This synesthesia seems like it would be very subjective, just like any other human response to outside stimuli, but it's being discussed in the article by the afflicted as some sort of objective truth meter. The chef and the sommelier are making money off it, selling their subjective taste/smell experiences, and the tomato guy is using it as an excuse to be an asshole to other people. He enjoys that, at the end of the day. Unabashedly.


Synesthesia is highly subjective because it is different for anyone who has it. I have it and I've catalogued it here for people to read on several occasions. I'm beginning to suspect that everyone has it to some degree in a very muted way for a lot of people. My synesthesia is more pronounced since it affects all 5 of my senses.