And, for the record, I thought they were called "gyros"-with-a-J-sound for many years (largely because there weren't a lot of Greek sandwich places in suburban SoCal where I grew up). And that was encouraged by, of all things, a comic book. I offer you Marvel Two-in-One #51, this page (http://www.supermegamonkey.net/chronocomic/entries/scans3/MTIO51_SkyDragon.JPG), the next panel in which has the Beast leaping off as well, jovially shouting out, "Gyros? No thanks, I just ate …" — which did nothing to correct my misunderstanding of how the word was pronounced.
(That's a damn fine comic book, btw.)
Anyway, thanks for the chuckle and self-reflection, Les.
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Stupid things I sometimes do. http://wp.me/pHP04-3kZ
Stupid things I sometimes do.
I’m supposedly a mature adult with mature adult responsibilities, but at times I catch myself doing things that are, to put it simply, stupid. Things that put the lie to the idea that I am a mature……
Diane has to put up with similar things. At the grocery store when the checker asks; "Would you like the milk in a bag" I often say "Nah, leave it in the bottle. It would leak out of the bag."
Shit I do them all too. Cept the waitress one.
Analogous to that, +George Wiman, when someone asks, "Would you like a bag for that [single thing I just bought, like a shirt, or a bottle of detergent, or a computer mouse]?" I'll inevitably answer, "No thanks, I'll eat it here."