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Me: [showing George the test swatch of paint on the bedroom wall] Maybe this isn't the right shade of green. What do you think?

George: I hate it.

Me: What do you hate about it?

George: It makes me want to stick a fork in my eye.

Me: That's very descriptive. But what I meant was, what exactly about this shade of green do you not like? Is it too bright?

George: Yes, it's too bright! It manages to be garish, and revolting, and pukey all at the same time. And it's not just pukey, it's an organic form of pukey. It's awful. I hate it. There aren't enough words to convey just how much I hate it.

Me: [studying the paint swatch] Hmmm. Maybe it'll look better once it's up on the entire wall.

Posted 29 June 2005 at 09:38 PM