I was just drifting off to sleep last night when Jen woke me up to give me this piece of insightful commentary on the book she was reading:
When writers describe something as ‘vanilla’ such as ‘He was wearing a vanilla coloured suit’ they generally mean white or cream when in fact vanilla pods and seeds are black or dark brown. I guess vanilla has been linked with ice cream for too long.
Oh and I just discovered that the word vanilla comes from the latin ‘vagina’. I’ll never look at ice cream the same way again.