Irons and Quesadillas

I remember learning about “paradigms” from Joe Schmiesing at FUS… That a paradigm is how we view the world, and everyone has a different paradigm based on their background and experiences. I had my first glimpse into a “golf paradigm” when I had Scott, Natalie, C.J. and Ari in the apartment . I had made some refried beans and quesadillas and had offered some to Ari. The boys loitering in the hallway smelled the food so I invited them in to join us. This being their first week, the boys have definitely not mastered cooking and Scott commented that the quesadillas were really good (and judging from the fact that the boy’s fridge contained nothing but about twenty different ways to freeze a pizza: from pizza wrappers to hot pockets, I don’t think he had much to compare it to). I told the group that quesadillas were easy, and if they ended up in a dorm room without a stove, they could always make them with an iron (you just put it between wax paper so the cheese doesn’t get on your shirt). Scott looked really confused and finally said, “how do you make these with a golf club?” I didn’t even realize what he was talking about and his friends were like, “no man, the iron you use on your clothes”. I suddenly realized why he was confused so I tried to explain, “yeah, you know… the thing you use to get those creases in your popped collars”. Scott still looked confused. This does not bode well for our future communication. We’re speaking English, but somehow not the same language!