Devouring The Language

(During a long car trip my mom lets me plug in my mp3 player so we can listen to my music for a change. We’re listening to a song by a popular German metal band. My mom doesn’t understand a word of German.)

Mom: “I wish I could understand what this song is about.”

Me: “It’s a true story about a cannibal that puts out an ad asking for someone that he can dismember and eat.”

Mom: “I wish I could go back to not understanding what this song is about.”