Nobyembre 7, 2019

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

Overheard at Meadhouse.

28 komento:

rehajm ayon kay ...

That Zeus is one pithy pooch...

peacelovewoodstock ayon kay ...

The inverse golden rule?

traditionalguy ayon kay ...

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

Jaq ayon kay ...

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

Laslo Spatula ayon kay ...

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

I am Laslo.

Laslo Spatula ayon kay ...

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 ayon kay ...

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 ayon kay ...

A pollster called?

henry ayon kay ...

that line is usually delivered too late.

R C Belaire ayon kay ...

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

Darrell ayon kay ...

Who you calling an idiot?

tim maguire ayon kay ...

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


Probably Blogger does.

Birkel ayon kay ...

Where is Robert Cook when you need him?

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

Neither of us did the thing deemed idiotic.

Wince ayon kay ...
Naalis ng may-ari ang komentong ito.
Jaq ayon kay ...

"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 ayon kay ...

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

Howard ayon kay ...

Why is pithy attractive in language and inferior in fruit?

Peachy ayon kay ...

The lake isn't frozen yet. Stay off.

Ingachuck'stoothlessARM ayon kay ...

a plumber with a rhetorical flair?

Biff ayon kay ...

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. ayon kay ...

Don't be THAT idiot.

Yancey Ward ayon kay ...

We are the idiots we have been waiting for.

Bill Peschel ayon kay ...

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

What's this thread about again?

Kevin ayon kay ...

Not overheard at The View.

Mr. Fabulous ayon kay ...

(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 ayon kay ...

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

Rusty ayon kay ...

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

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