Some things are just plain unintuitive. You see it most often in food: ham and pineapple, vanilla ice cream and olive oil, chocolate and venison. I am even prepared to concede that my favourite sandwich – cheese and jam – might appear odd before you’ve experienced its perfection. (Wensleydale or strong Cheddar, if you’re thinking you’ll give it a try, and any jam so long as it’s red.)
But unintuitiveness happens in wider contexts, too. If you’ve ever had the privilege of explaining sex/childbirth/what a vasectomy is to a child (I have done all three, but not in the same conversation), the look on their faces tend to say: hold on, I came to you because you’re an adult and I trust you, and yet you’re expecting me to believe this unfeasible nonsense? And, when you think about what you’ve actually told them – assuming it’s the truth, not a bit of fluff about mulberry bushes – it doesn’t really sound right.
And then there’s music.
Which brings me to my point.
I give you: the Brythoniaid Male Voice Choir singing ‘Blue Monday’ by New Order. Glorious.
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Am wondering how you discovered the chees and jam sandwich?
Following your angel conversation, Happy Angel Day! Today is Michaelmas, the festival of St Michael and All Angels
Thank you, Margi!
My Dad likes them – so I never thought of them being unusual! I’ll ask him.
Fruit cake with Wensleydale cheese is a Yorkshire thing, and I can recommend it