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July 24, 2005
Stacy: Conversation About Nothing
"Reee-all-toe..."
"That's right."
"Isn't that some sort of rope?"
"Rope?"
"Yeah, cowboys use it, they lasso their cows with it."
"I think they call them cattle. Cows give milk, generally don't need lassoing."
"Whatever. So it's a rope, right?"
"You're thinking of 'lariat', not 'rialto'. A lariat is a rope, a rialto is a marketplace."
“So we’re going to a marketplace?”
“Yes, why not?”
“No reason, I just thought that we were going to rope cows.”
“Cattle.”
“Cattle, whatever.”
“So, we’ve flown thousands of miles here to beautiful Venice, Italy, and you thought today we’d go rope cows?”
“Cattle.”
“Whatever.”
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