January 30, 2004
the mauve death
BrilliantEditor and I were playing the video game SSX3. It's a game where you choose a character and snowboard through different competitions until you win enough money to buy him or her some more skill.
In the process of this game, the characters often get their heads knocked into walls, land face down in the snow, go tumbling down steep hills, and fall off the mountain.
In true video game style, they reappear moments later with a bit of their power/adreneline taken away.
I was playing with Griff. He's 12 years old and is a super snowboarder. He swings around poles and dangles from overhead subway-type handles. I was making him snowboard all over the place and it was there that I saved him from needing to reattach a head or an arm.
BrilliantEditor said, "Whoa! You saved him from the maw of death."
I realized a moment later what he meant, after I'd said, "Saved him from the mauve death?"
The words sound so similar that he started explaining what a maw was. But I then started explaining to him what I'd heard.
Yet again, I must remind myself to get my hearing checked.
Posted by dotty at January 30, 2004 10:45 PMOr, you could just bring the picture with you to your next Dr. visit and have that checked, I'm pretty sure hearing is not involved.
Can he breathe like that ?
Posted by: The Queen at January 31, 2004 09:55 AM