Reminded of the “Kurt Vonnegut goes to buy an envelope” quote. One of the best expressions of the joys of careful and deliberate inefficiency I’ve read.
Posted as image because the alt text has a higher character limit than a toot so I can paste the whole text as actual text there. Weird huh.
@aegir Brilliant! I now have a new favourite expression: farting around. Faffing around just doesn't have the same ring.
Is it very bad of me that I thought as I read: he might not want 100 because they'd clutter up the place (particularly if he feels he won't need another one for ages), but that says more about me than anyone else. Those cupboards have to hold a heck of a lot. And that's me missing the point of the story.
Thanks for posting!
Aegir
Giselle
The Frog