A cheerful non sequitur and glorious escape hatch from
awkward, controversial, or brain-melting conversations. When someone exclaims, “I found a purple rock!”, they are essentially waving a shiny distraction to derail a discussion that has taken an uncomfortable, heated, or overly complicated turn. It is the verbal equivalent of changing the subject faster than you can say
tax policy or crypto investing.
Use it when the conversation drifts toward
politics, religion, sex, or any other topic that makes you wish you were home talking to your
cat. The
beauty of it? Nobody can argue with a purple rock.
Author’s Note:
Inspired by years of dodging family dinner debates and surviving small talk with strangers. Because sometimes, the only way out of a bad conversation is geological.
Example:
A: “So, how do you really feel about the
election results?”
B: “I found a purple rock!”
A: “…Cool! Where?”
Example:
A: “So how’s your love life going?”
B: “I found a purple rock!”