Crisp

I had this word floating around in my head all weekend. One of the little thinking games I play from time to time is to come up with a name for a rock band. For some reason, crisp jumped to the forefront as the best option of the bunch. Some other winners from previous competitions are Last Dakota and Temporary. I didn’t say they were good names. I just said they were the best I had to choose from at the time. But crisp seemed to be a great name for a band that wants to be on the cutting edge.

Crisp has many directions it could go. When you are making your bed, you use crisp sheets. I understand what that means by the way the newly laundered sheets feel when you first lay on them. I am having difficulty putting that experience into words but it is like sleeping on a billowy cloud. Is that crisp? Line can be crisp. Fresh celery is crisp when you bite into it. A fresh winter morning can have a crisp feel to it. There is even a doughnut called Krispy Kreme. Can doughnuts be crisp?

There was a commercial I remember seeing when I was growing up by York Peppermint Patty. It had a husband and wife in cold weather gear. You can see their breath as they are talking. The husband says, “Let’s take the penguin for a walk.” The wife replies, “Okay Howard.” The slogan was York Peppermint Patty, Cool and Crisp, so even a chocolate covered mint can be crisp. And if you believe the commercial, it is cool too.

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