An Adjective Point of View

I heard a song on the radio today with some interesting lyrics. The singer sang that whenever he is asked where he comes from he always says the same thing and it was some elaborate description about his all American town. I wonder why we don’t do more of that. Whenever anyone asks me where I come from I just say “Dallas”. That’s it. Nothing more. Kind of boring really. A good portion of the English language is dedicated to adjectives, and yet as a society we only use a few descriptive words on a regular basis.

Maybe when going outside for a smoke we could instead say “I am riding the elevator downstairs to breath in the fresh air outside while filling my lungs with the rejuvenating smoke that is contained so beautifully within this tiny stick of nicotine.” Or maybe when taking our dog for a walk we could say instead “we are going outside to work on our inner peace by setting an even walking pace and listening to the rhythm of our footsteps along with the tinkle of our canine’s urination on the neighbors pink begonias.” Or how about instead of just saying I think I’ll make lunch we could say “I will go to arrange a feast of bread and peanut butter dappled with the nectarous goo that is strawberry jam.”

But then maybe I just miss watching commercials since we installed our tivo.