i hope this won't be outing, as they say over on MN.
long ago when i used to have people to drive and went long distances to country places, i more than once would remark, perhaps we'll get some nice furniture today.
sometimes there would be a kind of puzzled groan, and then the observation, but i thought you didn't like antique shops.
now i'd get concerned at the very mention saying, i'd really rather not go around shops on an outing.
but you said it ! ?what? about wanting furniture.
i. did. not. what are you talking about.??
of course, i meant i hoped for some nice scenery.
this happened more than once. over several years.
all i can think is that in usual life, being at home, what surrounds us is furniture.
on a rare day out, driving afar, it is scenery.
so the common factor is one's surroundings . /?
maybe. has anyone read the man who mistook his wife for a hat. we don't appreciate how complex mental processes are, until they get a bit ropey.