"Name three types of olives." "Olives! I wouldn't know one type!" "Well, there are three. You can get green ones, you can get black ones, or you can get stuffed."
This exchange captures a charming moment of playful ignorance and simple knowledge sharing. The initial question challenges someone to name three types of olives, a test of what at first appears to be common knowledge. The response—"Olives! I wouldn't know one type!"—exposes a humorous human tendency: to assume familiarity but realize a surprising lack of it when pressed. It's a reminder of how little we sometimes truly know about something we...