For whatever reason, on every mall I’ve been to, you have to go through the perfume section to get between the escalator, interior doors, and exterior doors to leave the department store.
I have a very sensitive nose, and so this was torture for me. Even as an adult I would hold me breath the whole time.
I was also an adult the last time I visitted the mall, years-ago. Were you an adult the last time you went to a mall? Has that changed in the manner of “was an adult but now am not”? Is you a pirate now, or a Benjamin Button?
For whatever reason, on every mall I’ve been to, you have to go through the perfume section to get between the escalator, interior doors, and exterior doors to leave the department store.
I have a very sensitive nose, and so this was torture for me. Even as an adult I would hold me breath the whole time.
Are you no longer an adult now that you are a pirate?
Like the rest of us, they just no longer visit department stores, or the mall.
Then what does being an adult have to do with it?
I was also an adult the last time I visitted the mall, years-ago. Were you an adult the last time you went to a mall? Has that changed in the manner of “was an adult but now am not”? Is you a pirate now, or a Benjamin Button?
Would there be a difference had they been a child?
Yes. Children are often more sensitive to senses due to less exposure to block them out.
Interesting. I’ve found that I become increasingly sensitive as I continue to age.
I do not understand.
The past tense “was” implies that you are no longer an adult.
Yarr, be ye holding yer breath, matey?
Combining these two pieces of information, I can infer that you have transformed from an adult into a pirate. Congratulations.
It really doesn’t though. Linguistic conventions don’t override reality, and reality doesn’t follow linguistic conventions. The reverse, however…
The law of humor supersedes all of these.