I also like to use their names. Throw them right in the middle of a sentence, no emphasis or anything. "So, when addressing this issue, Sherry, we see that..." if you do that without stopping, it can snap them back in without taking a lot of time. I used to also stroll over to the conversing peeps and stand next to them, still without stopping what I was saying.
Say! look at you! You look just like me! We're very pretty.
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[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.
Scrappy - Oct 18, 2010 1:30:33 pm PDT #6108 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Scrappy - Oct 18, 2010 1:31:26 pm PDT #6109 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
How are things with your brother and his White devil, P-C?
Spidra Webster - Oct 18, 2010 1:31:52 pm PDT #6110 of 30000
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
That's a cool reply, P-C.
tommyrot - Oct 18, 2010 1:32:30 pm PDT #6111 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.
Now I'm imagining a sitcom called My Brother and His White Devil....
ChiKat - Oct 18, 2010 1:33:16 pm PDT #6112 of 30000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I would just stop talking and wait. If it gets to be too much, let them know that they will not get paid/ you will add on time to the day in 5 minute increments.
This is what I'd do.
Polter-Cow - Oct 18, 2010 1:43:57 pm PDT #6113 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
How are things with your brother and his White devil, P-C?
They still haven't met her, and most recently, he got railed out for never spending the night at home and always going back to his apartment on weekends. "Why do you always go back? Do you have something waiting for you at the apartment?" Every time it seems things have gone quiet, it flares up again. And apparently my brother and I are "busier than President Obama or Bush" since we can't pick up the phone or go to India.
That's a cool reply, P-C.
Yeah, I was sort of afraid how she would respond when I laid it out like that.
beth b - Oct 18, 2010 1:44:05 pm PDT #6114 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
folded 3 loads of clothes, put another in the dryer, and another in the wash . Also washed the kitchen floor one more time. After cleaning out the cat box.
Sorry guys, but this is what is keeping me on track today
ChiKat - Oct 18, 2010 1:46:41 pm PDT #6115 of 30000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Ha! I suspect you are busier than former Pres. Bush.
Go, beth!!! Want to come over to my house when you're done??
Cass - Oct 18, 2010 1:46:51 pm PDT #6116 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
and most recently, he got railed out for never spending the night at home and always going back to his apartment on weekends. "Why do you always go back? Do you have something waiting for you at the apartment?"
Well no kidding he goes back to his OWN place. That's part of being a grown up. Not even taking into consideration the White Devil girlfriend part.
beth b - Oct 18, 2010 1:46:56 pm PDT #6117 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
good luck P-C
smonster, I had a professor in college that used to drop her voice to a whisper. She taught freshman history classes , it worked