7 નવેમ્બર, 2019

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

Overheard at Meadhouse.

28 ટિપ્પણીઓ:

rehajm કહ્યું...

That Zeus is one pithy pooch...

peacelovewoodstock કહ્યું...

The inverse golden rule?

traditionalguy કહ્યું...

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

Jaq કહ્યું...

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

Laslo Spatula કહ્યું...

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

I am Laslo.

Laslo Spatula કહ્યું...

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 કહ્યું...

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 કહ્યું...

A pollster called?

henry કહ્યું...

that line is usually delivered too late.

R C Belaire કહ્યું...

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

Darrell કહ્યું...

Who you calling an idiot?

tim maguire કહ્યું...

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


Probably Blogger does.

Birkel કહ્યું...

Where is Robert Cook when you need him?

Ann Althouse કહ્યું...

Neither of us did the thing deemed idiotic.

Wince કહ્યું...
આ ટિપ્પણી લેખક દ્વારા દૂર કરવામાં આવી છે.
Jaq કહ્યું...

"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 કહ્યું...

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

Howard કહ્યું...

Why is pithy attractive in language and inferior in fruit?

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves કહ્યું...

The lake isn't frozen yet. Stay off.

Ingachuck'stoothlessARM કહ્યું...

a plumber with a rhetorical flair?

Biff કહ્યું...

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. કહ્યું...

Don't be THAT idiot.

Yancey Ward કહ્યું...

We are the idiots we have been waiting for.

Bill Peschel કહ્યું...

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

What's this thread about again?

Kevin કહ્યું...

Not overheard at The View.

Mr. Fabulous કહ્યું...

(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 કહ્યું...

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

Rusty કહ્યું...

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

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