So R akki forwarded me this email the other day of the 10 most obvious questions people ask and some smarmy answers. Very kindly she sent it to a bcc’d it to a bunch of people saying it reminds her of me, can’t even defend myself because I don’t know who got the email.
Off the 10 my personal favourite was the below:
At a funeral: One of the teary-eyed people ask…
Stupid Question:-
Why, why him, of all people?!
Answer:-
Why? Would it rather have been you?
Of course I have been in that situation at cricket matches where I’ve had people ask me what I’m doing there, in the morning asking if I drank too much the last night and to be honest I do give snarky answers. Most notably I pissed off one of my bosses when she said “oh you’ve had a haircut!?” and I replied “no, no…I just got run over by a flipping lawnmower.” I think the straight face that I delivered it and the snort of laughter from my coworker pissed her off and I got a bit of a talking to. American’s don’t have much of a sense of irony.
The latest was a few nights ago. I suddenly jerked awake. The first thing I noticed was the Frans Lanting print above my head swinging back and forth. Before that really registered I noticed, not with mild disinterest, that the whole room was shaking. One, two jerks and everything calmed down. I looked up at the print to make sure I wasn’t going to be brained by the print falling off, turned over and snuggled into my duvet. As I was about to resume my blissful sleep, the unc knocked on my door.
“That was an earthquake!”
“The fact did not escape me”
“What are we going to do?!”
“Well it’s over now, so I’m going back to sleep….”
"Oh…"
Seriously some people…
“Well it’s over now, so I’m going back to sleep….”
Ado thats nice man, that was cool he he
Comment by Dili — August 13, 2007 @ 4:47 am
:-)
Comment by Anandawardhana — August 13, 2007 @ 5:49 am
the classic one is when you’re sleeping and someone in another time zone calls you at like 3am on a weeknight…you answer and they’re like “are you sleeping?”
Oh and when talking to my parents, my mother would say “what are you doing?” I’d reply with “talking to you, because if I was doing anything else at the same time, you’d scold me” - she’s stopped asking me that now
Comment by PseudoRandom — August 13, 2007 @ 7:23 am
Stating the obvious is okay, but questioning the obvious the irritating part….:-)
A lot of people ask me “Are you serious?”, to which I would buoyantly reply ; “Yes. Most of the time.”
Comment by Ranga — August 13, 2007 @ 7:47 am
Shit man, you guys get that many earthquakes?
Comment by SpectralCentroid — August 14, 2007 @ 1:56 am
ha ha..:)
Comment by pissu perera — August 14, 2007 @ 7:45 am
Dili –it’s just a reflection of how much I value my sleep as opposed to much bravado
Anandawardhana – right back at yer!
Pseudorandom – and that is why I put my phone on silent before I go to bed, especially important when one has friends like Mr. Evil.
Ranga – welcome! Err…confession to make, I do that sometimes. I think it’s my lack of small talking abilities.
SC – not really that many machang, but definitely more than you guys!
Pissu – is that manic laughter? From you I would expect no less…
Comment by childof25 — August 15, 2007 @ 7:32 pm