Dances, Pub and Elephants

An evening in my flat. Jen gets back from work, I stop playing on the internet, Mike stops working.

Time for a cup of tea and a sociable joint.

I can’t remember where it comes from, one of me and Mike’s rambles, but I mention a Gay Gordons.

Jen: What’s a Gay Gordon?

Me (with a smirk):A sort of water fowl

Mike burst out laughing

Jen: No really what is it?

A game of Call My Bluff begins.

Mike (after some deliberation): It is a slang term for a British gay pub named after the first real gay pub in Soho The Gordon’s Arms

Me: No it’s a kind of Scottish dance

I should mention that I am a terrible liar. I just can’t keep a straight face. Jen believes me, so we confuse her more…

Mike (chortling believably): No it’s actually the pub

Me (sincerely): No it’s the dance

Jen: I hate you guys

This continues for sometime.

Me: Actually it was the name of an elephant that lived for 60 years kept by the Burmese Raj

Mike: Don’t be silly it’s a water fowl.

Eventually we give up, leaving Jen thoroughly confused. But before long we mention corn flour.

Mike: Mixed with water it’s a liquid but if you hit it, it turns solid

Me: Yeah it’s cool

Jen: Nooooo

Once again we drag it out for far to long leaving poor Jen far to confused to be healthy. Eventually she gets out her computer and confirms that corn flour and water is a liquid that turns solid when hit. And that the Gay Gordons is a slang term for a gay pub. No I know Gay Gordons was an Indian elephant.

GoodFun.