Category Mistake
I must say it was quite gracious
The reception to my latest mistake
Indulgent and polite, they were, my family gave me a break
Tolerant, that time, in the face of yet another faux pas
For that morning, I noticed that the oats weren't at all popular
Huh? Was it another case of the princess and the brown sugar?
I wondered quizzically what the subtle difference was in the flavor
Worried, perhaps, that my taste buds had been afflicted by the Corona
But it was a more mundane class of category error
A substitution - for the spice bottles looked so similar
Oops, instead of cinnamon I had picked up the paprika
Aha, that explained those curious flecks of red powder
...
A class of category error that I should really avoid
Stems from keeping my bottle of eye drops
And hand sanitizer in the same bag
When you're tired and your eyes are watery,
You reach for the small bottle, and you apply the drops and...
Well, you get the picture
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A kettle is not an iron
- size, shape and steam to the contrary,
It is unwise to mistake the one for the other
#ModernProverbs
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Error is a poor friend but an excellent teacher
Category Errors, a playlist
Call it poetic licence that I branded a garden variety mistake as a category mistake in one of the examples above, truth be told there is a full spectrum of mistakes. In any case, a soundtrack for this note (spotify version)
- Mistake - Gregory Isaacs
- Full Attention - Beres Hammond
- Distracted - Al Jarreau
- Mistake - Fela Kuti
- Uh Oh, I made a mistake - Pennye Ford
- Faites Attention - Pompon Kuleta
- Mr Magoo - Bunny Lee Allstars
- Mister Magoo - Rich Willey & Boptism Funk Band
- Mr. Magoo - Tana
Writing log. October 26, 2022
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