What is the most AMUSING aspect in the following conversation and does it help you to
figure out the type of the conversational implicature also? In addition, also frame your
discussion/analysis in the light of any THREE “Felicity Conditions” you can recall. (5+5)
Shairoo: “I would like to buy a pair of pink curtains.”
The salesman assured him that they had a large selection of pink curtains. Finally, he selects a
lovely pink floral print.
The salesman: what size curtains you needed?
Shairoo replies, “Fifteen inches.” “Fifteen inches?” asked the salesman. “That sounds very
small, what room are they for?”
Shairoo tells him that they aren’t for a room; they are for his computer monitor.
The surprised salesman replies, “But, sir, computers do not have curtains!”
Shairoo says, “Hellllooooooooo...I’ve got Windows!”