- By Jim Evans
- Entertainment
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Smart Talk SMART TALK By Garrel S. Utter, N.P.
SEA KELP: Imagine the reaction. Much of the Institute for the Linguistically Impaired staff were relaxing in the Fowler Lounge, chatting quietly over foaming schooners and flagons on a Friday evening.
The TV was on, but nobody was watching except “Windy” Prolix, who wanted to see if the Lengua Loco County Thespian Players had made the news. As part of the troupe, he had just starred in their production of Too Mean for Abilene at the county park’s open air stage out on Moot Point.
So only Windy was watching when a lotion commercial advertised the use of sea kelp in the product. Of course, being part of the I.L.I., he noticed the redundancy, one he hadn’t seen, and shouted, “Sea kelp!” pointing at the screen.
Of course, the whole place erupted. In the pandemonium, I could hear Les Terse shout, “What’s next, eat more water fish?” Shirley Glibb remarked, “I always use mountain kelp on my hands.”
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