Thursday, August 17, 2006

Let me introduce you to a type of food. It's called Marmite.

Marmite is a rather dubious British delicacy that people enjoy on toast. Then again, every culture has its strange delicacies ; Koreans eat dogs and Filipinos have what they call the balut, which is basically an egg with a half-grown chick in it. It's good to know Asians aren't the only ones with strange eating habits.

Anyway, Marmite is a dark brown paste that looks like chocolate spread that many of us probably don't eat an awful lot but enjoy anyway. It, however, most certainly is not. I learned at a young age, the hard way, that Marmite leaves an awful taste in your mouth.

In the real world, almost everything is like this deceptive dish. People are going to use their words as a disguise for their true intentions. Most notably, irritating people such as salesmen and insurance agents, and for younger people, places like MJC where you have a fairly enjoyable first 3 months and then fester in after.

So how do you guard against this, you might ask. The answer is, you don't. The trend of the Marmite has gotten so contagious that everyone, everywhere uses it in one form or another, and those who don't ultimately go unnoticed. Which means that trying to galvanize oneself from it would be like trying to attack the sun without being named Hou Yi.

Also, once you fall victim to Marmite and make the decision that you'll ultimately be regretting, people aren't going to stuff the cat back into the bag or scoop up the beans again, which means you can't take it back, much like a game of chess where you accidentally moved your king into prime position to be mercilessly bludgeoned by a pawn. However, when everyone is doing it and you have to make a decision anyway, you don't really have a choice but to walk right into it.

Which means that this entry is utterly pointless.