৭ নভেম্বর, ২০১৯

"I'm not going to be the idiot that I'm telling you not to be."

Overheard at Meadhouse.

২৮টি মন্তব্য:

rehajm বলেছেন...

That Zeus is one pithy pooch...

peacelovewoodstock বলেছেন...

The inverse golden rule?

traditionalguy বলেছেন...

That would make a good T-shirt line. Do you have the copyright.

Jaq বলেছেন...

“I'm the idiot my mother warned you about.”

Laslo Spatula বলেছেন...

I suspect that Stan Mack would've enjoyed overhearing that.

I am Laslo.

Laslo Spatula বলেছেন...

I can also hear prime-mullet-era Michael Bolton singing that line.

The emotion is overwhelming just thinking about it: his fists clenched in front of his chest, a look of grimaced sincerity on his face, the wind-machines blowing the long white curtains in the background...

I don't know; maybe the curtains are a pale pink.

I am Laslo.

jaydub বলেছেন...

I've often wondered how it is possible to overhear a conversation in a two person household unless one member thereof is talking to him/herself out loud and the other is eaves dropping. Were that the case, which member would be identified as the idiot?

Asking for Chuck.

Wince বলেছেন...

A pollster called?

henry বলেছেন...

that line is usually delivered too late.

R C Belaire বলেছেন...

Whomever said that sounds a bit testy. Perhaps a time-out would help...

Darrell বলেছেন...

Who you calling an idiot?

tim maguire বলেছেন...

traditionalguy said...
That would make a good T-shirt line. Do you have the copyright.


Probably Blogger does.

Birkel বলেছেন...

Where is Robert Cook when you need him?

Ann Althouse বলেছেন...

Neither of us did the thing deemed idiotic.

Wince বলেছেন...
এই মন্তব্যটি লেখক দ্বারা সরানো হয়েছে।
Jaq বলেছেন...

"R C Belaire said...
Whomever said that sounds a bit testy. Perhaps a time-out would help..”

Here is a good rule about “who/whom” that you can use until you don’t need it anymore. Substitute “he" or "him” and use “who” for “he” and “whom” for “him,” whichever sounds right.

“Him said that sounds” sounds like those cartoon Indians on Bullwinkle. “What him say?” The ultimate rule is that you shouldn’t write things that grate on your own ear, regardless of the rules. This would save a lot of errors.

English Major out.

Jaq বলেছেন...

The phrase seems like an inversion of “Hold my beer."

Howard বলেছেন...

Why is pithy attractive in language and inferior in fruit?

Peachy বলেছেন...

The lake isn't frozen yet. Stay off.

Ingachuck'stoothlessARM বলেছেন...

a plumber with a rhetorical flair?

Biff বলেছেন...

jaydub said..."I've often wondered how it is possible to overhear a conversation in a two person household unless one member thereof is talking to him/herself out loud and the other is eaves dropping."

Hey, Siri...

Char Char Binks, Esq. বলেছেন...

Don't be THAT idiot.

Yancey Ward বলেছেন...

We are the idiots we have been waiting for.

Bill Peschel বলেছেন...

We may not be the idiots we want, but we're the idiots we need.

What's this thread about again?

Kevin বলেছেন...

Not overheard at The View.

Mr. Fabulous বলেছেন...

(World Famous Lurker says....)

jaydub said..."I've often wondered how it is possible to overhear a conversation in a two person household unless one member thereof is talking to him/herself out loud and the other is eaves dropping."

The obvious answer seems to be that AA or LM was on the phone, speaking with someone else.

tcrosse বলেছেন...

If you must be an idiot, at least be a useful one. -Lenin

Rusty বলেছেন...

Ann Althouse said...
"Neither of us did the thing deemed idiotic."
Yeah. That's the excuse I use too.

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