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.
Now we're saving a vampire from vampires. I got two words for that -- Nuh and uh.
Gunn ,'Underneath'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
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"
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.
Polter-Cow - Mar 25, 2010 11:17:21 am PDT #13953 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I haven't, Scola, but it sounds like I should!
There is a platypus secret agent. It's much better than it looks at first glance.
Tom Scola - Mar 25, 2010 11:18:56 am PDT #13954 of 30000
hwæt
"Say aren't you a little young to be using titanium plating and an industrial arc welder?"
"Yes, Yes, I am!"
Polter-Cow - Mar 25, 2010 11:36:09 am PDT #13955 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
What is the best way to say, "Sorry I never e-mailed you like I said I would. Not only did I get really busy, but I was simultaneously not that interested in you as a potential future wife AND not interested in talking to potential future wives in general, so I had to distance myself from the process completely. I figured that since you didn't say anything else in two months you already moved on, but I thought I should at least say something so as not to be a dick who said he would e-mail and then never did"?