Everything I know about cool I learnt in 1994. That was the year of Pulp Fiction. Nothing, I learnt, says cool like some rough looking dudes, a mysterious suitcase and an Uma Thurman haircut.
I can’t tell you what’s in that suitcase, but our sailor has just asked these homines for a gem. What kind of gem?
ruby carbunculus
amethyst amethystus
jet gagates
opal opalus
moonstone lapis lunae
aquamarine beryllus aeroides
emerald smaragdus
sapphire sapphirus
topaz topazos
garnet carbunculus garamanticus
Just between you and me, my money is on a diamond, adamas.
When the door has opened, two people, a man and a woman, greet the sailor suspiciously. ‘Do you have the gem?’ the sailor asks them.