Giant Geography at the Truman Household
Aug. 20th, 2019 02:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
barnabas_truman"So when Brutus fled the Trojan War and ended up in England, he found the isle inhabited by hostile giants."
"Is this Brobdingnag?"
"No, that's from Gulliver's Travels, a peninsula on the west coast of the Americas."
"So… Alaska?"
"More California-ish, I think. Like if the San Francisco Bay was an outie instead of an innie."
"Wait, what??"
"Yeah, you know, because the Bay is the belly button of California."
*pause*
"I have honestly never heard that before."
"Neither have I."
"Is this Brobdingnag?"
"No, that's from Gulliver's Travels, a peninsula on the west coast of the Americas."
"So… Alaska?"
"More California-ish, I think. Like if the San Francisco Bay was an outie instead of an innie."
"Wait, what??"
"Yeah, you know, because the Bay is the belly button of California."
*pause*
"I have honestly never heard that before."
"Neither have I."
