I used to think chocolate truffles were snuffled out of the ground by pigs. I’ve never seen my daughter’s dad laugh harder than when I told him!
Inspired by this and a few other misunderstandings, I tweeted about it.
I got a few misunderstandings sent to me from my original tweet, my favourite of which was from a Chinese professor:
My friend Charlie Brooker then saw the tweet and replied to it about the KFC logo:
Excitingly, he then quote-tweeted it to his 1.2 million followers:
The misunderstandings came in thick and fast. Here are some of my favourites:
And my favourite misunderstanding of all:
I feel so much less alone now!
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