lust for life

[schmerica]

pearl_o: Ray Kowalski drives a GTO and has a uniform. Therefore, he has a lust for life. Except there are no hypnotizing chickens anywhere, so it falls apart.
dsudis: Well, the man says that's like hypnotizing chickens. It's a metaphor. Or a simile.
dsudis: It's clearly not necessary for actual hypnotized chickens to be present.
pearl_o: *grins*
pearl_o: That is a good point.
pearl_o: You are so wise, Dira.

A few minutes later:

pearl_o: Dira and I are discussing whether or not Ray Kowalski has a lust for life.
brooklinegirl: *perks up*
pearl_o: I said he drives a GTO and has a uniform, which seems to indicate "yes"
pearl_o: but that there were no hyptonizing chickens involved.
brooklinegirl: um.
pearl_o: But Dira pointed out that the hypnotizing chickens were a simile.
brooklinegirl: *loses track of the conversation*
brooklinegirl: what?
brooklinegirl: *cries*
pearl_o: And no literal chickens were necessary.
brooklinegirl: YOURE CONFUSING ME
pearl_o: ...do you know the song "lust for life"?
brooklinegirl: not all the lyrics...
pearl_o: oh.
pearl_o: well, they involve a gto, a uniform, and hypnotizing chickens.
brooklinegirl: honestly? really?
pearl_o: I would link you to lyrics, but most lyric sites have crazy amounts of pop ups.
pearl_o: http://www.wuftfm.org/The_Caravan_Playlists/Lust_For_Life_Lyrics.htm
brooklinegirl: huh
brooklinegirl: I never knew that
pearl_o: I don't think those are very good lyrics, actually.
pearl_o: actually, those are totally different in a couple of places.
pearl_o: But, yes! Hypnotizing chickens.
brooklinegirl: chickens who can actively hypnotize you?
brooklinegirl: chickens who are hypnotizing just by being?
pearl_o: well, it looks ambiguous
pearl_o: whether love is like chickens that are hypnotizing
pearl_o: or whether love is like doing hypnosis to the chickens.
brooklinegirl: ahh.
brooklinegirl: I'm, uhm.. Too tired to follow this.
pearl_o: *pets you*
brooklinegirl: ken wahl ripped my brain.
pearl_o: It probably helps if you're on as much drugs as Iggy Pop was.