Re: OT: Marmite! (wasRe: [Conlangs-Conf] Witty slogan)

staving Mark J Reed:


>On 3/17/06, Hanuman Zhang <zhang@...> wrote:
> >       LOL extreme measures are called for to seal in the durian goodness ;)
>
>Gaah.  Extreme measures are called-for to *locate* any "goodness" in
>durians.   If y'all keep talking about them like this I'm liable to
>chunder all over my keyboard.
>
>DANNY VERMIN: I allowed a durian in my house once . . . ONCE!
>
>Ugh.
>
>There is, in DC comic books, a race of shapeshifting aliens called
>"Durlans".  I do not think the similarity in names is a coincidence.
>I think once, long ago, a Durlan was trapped on Earth, turned himself
>into a plant to escape detection, and died before he could change
>back.  Unfortunately, he was only worried about outward appearance and
>turned into something completely inedible, but people tried it anyway,
>for some reason decided they liked it, and proceeded to breed more of
>him...
Now seems like a good time to post some entries from the handy traveller's
phasebook Chapter 4: Eating the local food

"Tastes like chicken" - You don't want to know.
"Tastes like pork" - You don't even want to think about it.
"It's a delicacy" - Utterly disgusting.

Pete

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