Ok, it was a show of idiocy from me...
Well, more of a lapse in concentration; I'm not usually that thick...

I needed some suede, or faux suede, for part of my 2009 halloween costume (it's in my profile if you wonder what it was, and the suede was for the riding patches and a flap over the backside). So I pop out to the local market where I know they sell all sorts of fabric.

"Excuse me, but do you have anything like black suede? Fake would be fine..."

"Certainly, how is this?" The stall owner leads me over to a large roll containing many metres of the perfect material.

"That's great! Could I have one metre of that, please?"

"No problem" and he starts cutting the required amount.

"Is this faux suede then?" I ask, filling in the pause in conversation, as the owner works.

"No sir, they don't grow calves that big..."

I turned a startling shade of crimson, and muttered "I cannot believe I just asked that..."

The Stall owner just laughed.
( theoriginalsteve <this space intentionally left blank>, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 18:28, Reply)