During an FM dial scan today, the sentence, "He wallows in the unpleasantness of existence," caught my attention.
When I flipped back to Public Radio International's "The World" on KWMU, I was surprised to hear a reporter was talking about Gudetama, a sad, apprehensive cartoon egg yolk based in Japan.
At first, I'd wondered if the reporter was reviewing an existential author's work or doing a piece on depression. The thought, "Obviously, he must be talking about a cartoon egg yolk," never entered my mind.
Just when you think you've heard everything...
