The Boy: You're very lithe.
Me: Huh?
The Boy: You're very giraffe-like.
I mean, if Solomon can say this and get away with it:
2:9 My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag.
Look! There he stands behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
peering through the lattice.
I guess it's OK for The Boy to tell me I resemble a giraffe.
At least he didn't tell me my hair was like a "flock of goats" and my teeth are a "flock of sheep". BAAAAAA!
BTW, I don't think lithe means "giraffe-like".
*muah*
7 comments:
google is your friend:
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/lithe
Hilarious. Is he peeping through your lattice to see your giraffe-ness?
Mandy--
I do not have any lattice, and besides, I think there's a law against that nowadays.
:)
He makes me laugh.
Look at it this way...there's much worse he could have compared you to than a giraffe. The way I see it is that giraffes are long, lean, and graceful. And they have purple tongues.
Yeah, I thought it was cute. And they do have purple tongues. That's the best part about a giraffe, really.
Actually, if I may defend myself a bit...
I did make both comments, but I didn't imply that they meant the same thing. I'm aware that the definition of 'lithe' has nothing in common with any sort of tall, African, acacia-eating creatures.
But she is lithe.
And, in some respects, rather giraffe-like.
Meh.
wiggle your ears.
Post a Comment