Contextualize this!

[falcongrrl]

(This meme was conceived by velvetpage. Please credit her appropriately if you pass it on. :-) )

"We've all uttered lines that made perfect sense in context, but which made passers-by raise eyebrows or burst out in hysterical laughter at our expense. This meme is a tribute to the unintentionally funny things we say every day to our families or friends.

"Post a sentence in your journal that fits the criteria above, but do not tell anyone what the context was in which it was uttered. The people on your friends list have to suggest a context for the sentence you post - and the funnier, the better. When the ensuing hilarity has died down a bit, feel free to post the actual context - especially if it, too, is side-splittingly humorous.


Ours:

"Well, it doesn't matter about the brains...you just have to have enough equipment to do it."

Comments

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

I've discovered that the trick to this meme is to go beyond the obvious context - the one that popped into your head and made you giggle at the sentence to begin with.

As for this one - it was overheard in the tech room at NASA by an astronaut about to go into space for the first time. No one ever knew why he ran away screaming and took a job driving an ice cream truck - except for a guilt-stricken head engineer.

[ladyperegrine.livejournal.com]

That's actually strangely close to the original context, which was Daniel talking about building a fighter jet (after I told him he needed to learn more math first).

[playfuleye.livejournal.com]

I think this is relevant: http://www.overheardinathens.com/index.php?month=3&year=2006
Enjoy!