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[230/366] a legal penguin
Aug. 17th, 2020 08:05 pmAt work today, L was telling his husband J about something I'd read about yesterday: some police in Nottinghamshire found a penguin that had run away from the farm where it lived.
The story L was reading to us, different from this link, also included the fact that it's legal to own a penguin, as long as you didn't acquire it illegally. I marveled at this bit of the story, and we speculated as to how legal penguin ownership can be ascertained. "Do you have a license for that penguin?" J said and we laughed. I said it'd be even funner if it was like a TV licence and had to be renewed every year. This time, J mimed looking at a piece of paper and said "Wait a minute, this is only for a black and white penguin!" which made me laugh so much I honestly went weak in the knees and if it wasn't for a handy nearby countertop might have dropped the milk I had just taken out of the fridge.
It might help a little to know that Britain did, or maybe still does, offer cheaper TV licences to black-and-white TV sets. But I can't really tell you why it was so funny. J laughed himself into breathlessness too. I think it just got me wondering what other colors penguins could come in. Also I the baby penguins, which are grey, wouldn't be allowed in a strict interpretation of the black-and-white penguin license.
The story L was reading to us, different from this link, also included the fact that it's legal to own a penguin, as long as you didn't acquire it illegally. I marveled at this bit of the story, and we speculated as to how legal penguin ownership can be ascertained. "Do you have a license for that penguin?" J said and we laughed. I said it'd be even funner if it was like a TV licence and had to be renewed every year. This time, J mimed looking at a piece of paper and said "Wait a minute, this is only for a black and white penguin!" which made me laugh so much I honestly went weak in the knees and if it wasn't for a handy nearby countertop might have dropped the milk I had just taken out of the fridge.
It might help a little to know that Britain did, or maybe still does, offer cheaper TV licences to black-and-white TV sets. But I can't really tell you why it was so funny. J laughed himself into breathlessness too. I think it just got me wondering what other colors penguins could come in. Also I the baby penguins, which are grey, wouldn't be allowed in a strict interpretation of the black-and-white penguin license.