Slightly Off Center

Almost forgot this little conversation from last weekend in Roseburg. An older fellow stops in the booth looking for "practical breakfast bowls." He's had a number of handmade bowls, but over the years, he's broken all but three. 

I point out my soup bowls. I show him the toddler bowls, and the stew mugs, but they're not what he's looking for. So I ask him what he means by "practical."

I need bowls that I don't mind if I break them, is his reply. 

Sorry, I say, I guess mine aren't practical then. 

I later find out that he also stopped over at Rasa Clayworks, and dropped the additional requirement: that they be under $15.

Okay...