Maybe it was more like just a clueless conversation than a truly stupid question.
It was a hot day and I was tooling around in the little convertible, so I stopped at Sonic for a cold drink. To be specific, a milkshake. Sonic has more than the usual number of flavor choices. I looked over the list, only to see that my favorite, peanut butter & hot fudge, was no longer on the menu. Neither was peanut butter by itself on the menu, though hot fudge was still one of the options.
I hit the call button and was asked how they could help me today.
Me: You don’t have peanut butter hot-fudge shakes any more?
Sonic Voice: No, they discontinued that flavor.
Me: [very disappointed] Oh.
SV: [cheerily] I could make you a hot fudge shake!
Me: [still thinking, saying nothing]
SV: Or a peanut butter shake.
Me: [thinking to myself, "But peanut butter isn’t even on the list any more." But saying to the intercom:] Ummm. Could you mix a peanut butter shake with a hot-fudge shake for me?
SV: No, but I could make you a peanut butter shake and put hot fudge in it, if you’d like.
Me: You could?
SV: Yes. [pause] Would you like for me to do that?
Me: Yes, please.
So, be advised: Sonic no longer has peanut butter hot-fudge shakes. But they will put hot fudge in their nonexistent peanut butter shakes for you. Or, if that won’t work, you can probably talk them into putting some peanut butter into a hot fudge shake for you.
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