Unexpected question…
I got a call a couple days ago from my sister that caught me a little off-guard:
Me: Hello?
My sister: Do you know what KY Jelly is?
Me: Ex-cuse me??
The only thing that surprised me even more is what prompted her to ask
me about this. Evidently the substance came up in some
conversation she was having with someone and the person was surprised
she had never heard about it. Confident that her colleague was quite
mistaken and that the lube wasn’t part of pop culture’s collective
consciousness, she told the person she was going to “ask her little
brother” if he’d ever heard about it.
In an effort to keep her prepared for the next conversation where she
might need to refer to her source for what mainstream society is and
isn’t aware of (which for some completely baffling reason seems to be
me), I recommended she
(little “s”).
Nick said,
August 18, 2007 @ 12:00 am
That is really unbelievable! I thought she was some hot-shot lawyer in the big city. Isn’t she in DC? I bet the percentage of people there that know what KY is even significantly higher than the national average.
Nevermind said,
August 18, 2007 @ 12:00 am
It’s a totally legitimate question. That’s not exactly my demographic.
And how often can one use “santorum” in conversation anyway? I guess, “What’s a few emails between Republican legislators and underaged boys? It’s not like there’s any santorum being spilled.” But I’m not sure that qualifies as polite conversation.
Nevermind again said,
August 18, 2007 @ 12:00 am
Hmmm . . . according to recent information, it may not be limited to a certain non-Constitutionally-protected class of people. Anyway, you’re frequently my sounding board for what’s happening in contemporary society. (You knew who the Notorious B.I.G. was.)