a challenge

[Hooahguy]

read this paragraph:

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Jillie thought the ice cream sundae was beautiful just to look at, and she let it sit in front of her before starting to eat. The ice cream made her think of being rolled in soft blankets, and the whipped cream was like the clouds outside. The cherry looked like her cat’s nose. She took her first spoonful, and as the hot fudge and ice cream made her mouth both hot and cold, she shut her eyes. She curled her toes and moaned. The second bit was even better and she moaned again and giggled. A trickle ran from the corner of her mouth because she was smiling so much. It hung off the side of her chin, and she thought of it as an ice cream tear. She wanted to give everyone she loved a taste, her mother, her father, and her brother, but it was her seventh birthday and she didn't have to share. After another bite, she couldn’t control herself any more, and as loud as she could, she screamed “Oohh, I just love this.” when it was all gone, she wiped the inside of the dish with her finger and stuck it in her mouth. She rubbed her stomach, shut her eyes, and hummed to herself.

ok i challenge anyone to read the paragraph and not laugh and/or think dirty thoughts.
hard, isnt it?

so this was the paragraph we read in my English class as an example of settling the mood, or something like that.
yes, we were all laughing, even my English teacher, who strangely expected us to not laugh.

[Ser Clegane]

OK - I failed

[A Very Super Market]

Well, it keeps mentioning ice cream, so it's hard to think of it as anything else. It did make me laugh though, because ice cream is terrible.

[miotas]

Maybe you should have put the passage first and then asked if we laughed or thought any dirty thoughts. I went into it looking for dirty things, if you didn't say anything I don't I would have seen anything dirty, and I didn't laugh either. Maybe you should edit you post to get a more accurate reaction.

[Hooahguy]

thanks miotas, i took your advice.

[Martok]

Maybe you should have put the passage first and then asked if we laughed or thought any dirty thoughts. I went into it looking for dirty things, if you didn't say anything I don't I would have seen anything dirty, and I didn't laugh either. Maybe you should edit you post to get a more accurate reaction.

While you have a point, I don't think it would've mattered regardless of where he placed the passage. I had no expectation for what was in the paragraph, yet I still couldn't help having a somewhat lascivious perspective while reading it.

[Fragony]

It was an excercise in futility from sentence one

[Hooahguy]

it was also definitely written by a 16-year old.

[Hax]

Besides, everybody knows 8 years is the best. What an amateur.

[Monk]

ok i challenge anyone to read the paragraph and not laugh and/or think dirty thoughts.
hard, isnt it?

so this was the paragraph we read in my English class as an example of settling the mood, or something like that.
yes, we were all laughing, even my English teacher, who strangely expected us to not laugh.

Instilling preconceptions is dangerous in writing, it can completely ruin whatever you're trying to do or give away the intention far sooner than you meant. When i give someone a piece of my work to read, for instance, I refuse to say a word about it until they've read it fully. To do otherwise would kill the experience and be a waste of our time.

That said, I didn't have a chance. I read the bit after the spoiler before I looked.