Showing posts with label New York Times crossword puzzle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New York Times crossword puzzle. Show all posts

Sunday, March 04, 2007

Tit For Tat

Recently a dear friend (MIL etc.) of mine posted a blog entry about getting a mammogram. In it she said that her breasts were "dense (densely tissued, not unintelligent)." I liked that a lot because from this it is possible to infer that her breasts are intelligent.

I have not had the pleasure of meeting these breasts personally, but I really enjoy the thought of this friend and her smart boobs:

[Sunday in a coffee shop somewhere in Florida. Slim attractive woman sits at table doing NY Times crossword. Woman has intelligent breasts.]

Woman: [scratches her head with her pencil] Dang! I'm really having trouble with 32 Across!

Woman: [looks around furtively, then starts whispering down the front of her shirt] Psst! Girls! Wake up, we're doing the Times crossword here, no time for napping! What's a six-letter word for 'potion,' fourth letter 'x'?

Left Breast: Jesus, I can't believe you even have to ask that! What the hell is between your ears, adipose tissue?

Right Breast: No shit. If you don't mind, your left tit and I were just trying to mentally retrace Bloom's journey in Dublin from mammary. Mammary, get it? Play on words, Einstein. Bloom is a character in Ulysses by James Joyce, just to anticipate your next stupid question.

Woman: [glances around again, then talks down front of her shirt less quietly than before] Grk! Ftt! Why you little ingrates, I've taught you everything you know! Fork over with the answer or I'll start wearing padded bras again so I don't have to put up with your shit anymore.

Right Breast: Tch, tch, watch your temper, dear. Want the answer or not?

Left Breast: Yeah, without us you'll still be working on this crossword when next Sunday's puzzle comes out.

Right Breast: Yeah! Loser!

Woman: Nnrk! I'm gonna... [suddenly pauses, then smiles slyly] Say ladies, you know, I was just thinking that the last mammogram I had was somewhat inconclusive and I should have another one just to be sure. I wouldn't want anything to happen to you, after all....

Left Breast and Right Breast: [in unison] Elixir! Elixir!

Woman: Damn straight, 'elixir.' Now what's 63 Down, 8 letter word for a 'tar-like substance?'

So my friend is a pretty lucky woman, I think. Not only does she possess boobs, she's got brainy ones in the bargain. I wonder if she'll let me use 'em the next time I do the Sunday crossword:

[Woman's cell phone rings; she answers it to hear:] Hi, it's me, Hulles. Put your tits on will you? I'm stumped on a couple puzzle answers. Yeah yeah, I only like you for your boobs, happy now? Put 'em on already, these minutes ain't free.

You know, this scenario really isn't so far-fetched the more I think about it. As a case in point I almost always end up listening to my dick when it talks. I wouldn't go so far as to call it intelligent, exactly, but it certainly is good at impassioned pleading.

-- Hulles