A local grocery store has at the door that which can only best be described as a sail advertising the availability of “Official Olympic Games 2024 Merchandise.”
That’s it. It doesn’t say what sort of merchandise. We’re just meant to be excited to rush in and see what they’ve got in stock that they always have in stock but now with a logo on it. Or perhaps they’re declaring the entire store official, like sacred ground, and anything you buy between now and when it’s discounted after the circus has left town is officially official.
I don’t know, and it’s in that capacity that I’m announcing that I’m the official locked-room humourist of the 2024 Olympic Games. If that’s not how it works and/or I’m stepping on the toes of the actual official locked room humourist, I’ll apologise now and withdraw the declaration.
Oh, and the February newsletter is now available in the archives.
Was “sail” intentional? Knowing how you love to pun, I’m inclined to think so, but I am at a loss to understand…
It was intentional but poorly described. It’s a sheet of, I expect, nylon, flapping on a plastic mast. I’ve seen them before, but usually these sails are selling sales.