black mirror
November 8th, 2006, 08:37 PM
Eating Squid
A man walked into a restaurant and ordered squid.
"Certainly Sir," says Gervaise the waiter, "Would you like to choose your squid from the tank over there?"
"I'll have that little green one with the moustache" said the customer.
"Oh no!" replies Gervaise "but he's my favourite! He's so small and cute and friendly. Surely you'd prefer one of the bigger, meatier ones?"
"No" said the customer "It's got to be that one".
So Gervaise got the little green squid out and put him on the chopping block, raised his knife and ... the little squid looked up and smiled, twitching his bushy moustache into a big friendly grin!
"It's no good", said Gervaise, "I can't do it. I'll have to ask Hans who does the washing up. He's a big, tough brute - he'll be able to do the evil deed."
So out came Hans, while Gervaise disappeared off in tears.
Hans picked up the knife, raises it to chop the little squid's head off and ... once again the little friendly squid looked up and smiled, wiggling his little legs and twitching his little moustache.
So Hans, too, finds it impossible to kill him.
The moral?
Hans that does dishes is as soft as Gervaise, with mild green hairy-lip squid.
A man walked into a restaurant and ordered squid.
"Certainly Sir," says Gervaise the waiter, "Would you like to choose your squid from the tank over there?"
"I'll have that little green one with the moustache" said the customer.
"Oh no!" replies Gervaise "but he's my favourite! He's so small and cute and friendly. Surely you'd prefer one of the bigger, meatier ones?"
"No" said the customer "It's got to be that one".
So Gervaise got the little green squid out and put him on the chopping block, raised his knife and ... the little squid looked up and smiled, twitching his bushy moustache into a big friendly grin!
"It's no good", said Gervaise, "I can't do it. I'll have to ask Hans who does the washing up. He's a big, tough brute - he'll be able to do the evil deed."
So out came Hans, while Gervaise disappeared off in tears.
Hans picked up the knife, raises it to chop the little squid's head off and ... once again the little friendly squid looked up and smiled, wiggling his little legs and twitching his little moustache.
So Hans, too, finds it impossible to kill him.
The moral?
Hans that does dishes is as soft as Gervaise, with mild green hairy-lip squid.