Remind me what's the best way to shut up annoying-don't-have-a-clue-stick relatives, in a "polite" (read: passive-aggressive) way?
"Would you like some more wine?"
Where'd they get CAT scan from?... I mean, did they test it on cats? Or does the machine sort of look like a cat?
Dawn ,'Sleeper'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
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Sparky1 - Mar 25, 2010 10:44:25 am PDT #13943 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
Atropa - Mar 25, 2010 10:46:18 am PDT #13944 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I find enthusiastic agreement works well, i.e. "You should be thinking about getting married." "Yes, I should!"
I like this approach. A LOT.
erikaj - Mar 25, 2010 10:50:40 am PDT #13945 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
"I'll think about it."(And mostly, what a big jerk you are for bringing it up)
Death is Not An Option:
Eric Cantor
John Boehner
Bart Stupak
I guess Cantor...he looks the most like someone I'd actually be into. But then he talks. Oy.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 25, 2010 10:50:58 am PDT #13946 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I find enthusiastic agreement works well, i.e. "You should be thinking about getting married." "Yes, I should!"
Sadly, I don't think this would work for, say, Polter-Cow.
tommyrot - Mar 25, 2010 10:53:24 am PDT #13947 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
"I'll think about it."
How about, "That's one point of view."
Tom Scola - Mar 25, 2010 10:53:34 am PDT #13948 of 30000
hwæt
You've been watching Phineas and Ferb, haven't you Scrappy? That's a running gag on the show.
P.M. Marc - Mar 25, 2010 10:56:51 am PDT #13949 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Cantor's a handsome guy. Also, not UNNATURALLY ORANGE.
Shir - Mar 25, 2010 10:58:12 am PDT #13950 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Maybe I should reply with "And you should really read Simmel. I got a copy of "The Problems of the Philosophy of History" right here!".
(Hey. I wish more people were reading it.)
Scrappy - Mar 25, 2010 11:02:16 am PDT #13951 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I haven't, Scola, but it sounds like I should!
smonster - Mar 25, 2010 11:11:17 am PDT #13952 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Maybe I should reply with "And you should really read Simmel. I got a copy of "The Problems of the Philosophy of History" right here!".
Another approach with promise. Bury them in jargon and conundrums until they are the ones looking around wildly for an escape.