Wednesday, February 07, 2007
My lame duck moment
My lame duck moment came today when I was sitting with my coworkers and happily munching on my crunchy bbq tortilla wrap. The sauce was so good and I must have been famished because I polished off my wrap in less than 5 minutes, which is an absolute stunning world record for this tortoise eater. Hm, okay, I am getting sidetracked by the food. Anyhoo, as I was happily munching away, I suddenly heard my mentor make some snide remarks about IRTAs (that's me) and very shortly after, all spotlight was turned on me as everyone turned to watch an appropriate reaction. Now was a moment of possible glory folks. I could have very coolly tossed my shiny hair back and calmly returned a witty, dead-on remark that defused the situation and made me appear possibly brilliant. What does this creature do? She looks confused and then she splutters and then she does the possible dorkiest thing ever, she protests hotly, "Nuh uhhhhhh. that's not true!" Aahh, smack on the head a dozen times over, how possibly more idiotic could I be? It was such a classic Scrubs moment where I could have come up with a great comeback and instead, I was only able to cough up something very juvenile and childish. If only my life was scripted and I have only the great, the smart, the deadly lines to deliver. Instead, looks like I got stuck with the village idiot role. =(
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The easiest come back is to just take the noun of what someone else says and but add a "You're a" in front of it no matter how ridiculous it sounds.
eg: They say, "Emily failed to grow the bacteria in the dish."
You're response, "You're a bacteria in a dish!"
But to pull it off, you have to act as if you are totally serious about what you've just said no matter how asinine it may be.
I thought I've taught you this already.
hahahahahaha...i can't believe you actually wrote a whole thesis on this.
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