Day 204: If I Ruled Lichtenstein... Best Buy would sell Earspeakers

I was walking to the train station from work recently and an interesting thought popped into my mind. It was so thought-provoking that I found myself pondering it for a good few blocks.

Why are they called 'headphones'?

Sure, they go on your head, but you can't call anyone on them. And even if you could, there's no way you would need two. From now on, I think I'll call them 'earspeakers,' which is what they should be named.

Why is a blanket called a 'blanket'? Or a lamp called a 'lamp'? A couch? A table? The only items that make sense, really, are those in the kitchen. Whoever came up with the name for appliances was a genius. A simple genius, but a genius nonetheless. Appliances are named based on what they do with an -er tacked onto the end of them. Toaster. Refrigerater. Blender.

Brilliant.

In Lichtenstein, the names for things will either make sense or be so outlandish that people would wish they made sense. Because if it's not going to make sense, at least we should have fun with it.

So go grab your earspeakers because I just downloaded an awesome song by Foster the People on my snogthuffalopod.