To be clear, it was not a robust defence because when I pointed it out as an example of “this is a language construction of meaning that arises from common usage”, Alex immediately saw exactly what I meant fast enough to go HOW DARE bc it messed up the (playful) insistence that all of this was just Us Being Weird.

And didn’t manage to come up with the “WELL THE FRUIT SHOULD BE SOAKED—“ until some time later.