I was not planning on posting today but I felt that I had to record further evidence that the saying 'there's no such thing as a free lunch' is bollocks because today I had another free lunch. Admittedly, I was unable to appreciate it fully because I had it after I'd already eaten the lunch I had prepared. And it wasn't as nice as my own lunch that I'd prepared (caramelised onion and poppy seed bagels with prawn salad filling - anything following that would struggle). But I felt I had to eat some out of principle.
This is by no means the only saying I don't like. I also hate it when people who say 'literally' and then go on to use a metaphor. For example, when a football commentator is describing a player who is performing particularly well as "[Player X] is literally on fire!". But he's not, is he? If he was on fire, then playing football would be one of the things he would definitely not be good at. If anything, he would be avoiding contact with the ball so as not to irritate his burns (and so and so forth...)
But yeah, free lunch is a real thing.
07/11/05 @ 20:32