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I was hiking in the desert this weekend and saw two people coming the other way. We nodded and smiled as we passed, and, as sometimes happens in these situations, I overheard a snippet of their conversation.
Person 1: Granite is not nice.
Person 2: I think granite is lovely.
Person 1: Me too.
I couldn't make head or tail of this. What could they possibly mean.
Person 1 is taunting Person 2 for
Having a less thorough understanding of Geology, via the phrase Granite is not Gneiss (a metamorphic rock that is sometimes formed from Granite) Person 2 is reasonably confused by the homophone, and even more confused by Person 1's response.
What you didn't hear:
The actual beginning of Person 1's first statement.
Person 1: Some people think granite is not nice.
Person 2: I think granite is lovely.
Person 1: Me too.
I believe they were talking about what a great rock granite is for climbing. Because its good weathering, the diverse challenges and degrees of difficulty it poses for a climber, it is considered one of the best kind of rocks for climbing.
