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I'm an air conditioned Gypsy, that's my solution

by anna at 06:04 PM on September 29, 2006

It happens all day long. People prattle on to you about this or that. Mostly it is about themselves or other people who have pissed them off. It is often mean-spirited. It is always boring. And you don't need to cope with it anymore.

Get yourself some discrete-looking earplugs. If need be you can cut one off your Ipod and another off someone else's. Put them in your ears when you wake up. Go about your business.
When the inevitable harangue or diatribe or monologue commences, lock eyes with your tormentor. Look rapt. Act tantalized. Watch his or her mouth carefully, nodding knowingly.

Eventually it will stop flapping, hopefully before your kids are ready to commit you to assisted dying. That is your cue to inteject with "Exactly!" Or you can go with the all-purpose "I know just what you mean!" Or else "I know where you're coming from." But I like "Exactly!" best because you can vary the inflection more easily to convey different meanings depending on what you imagine the subject matter to be.

Exactly.

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I'm reminded of a certain series of Crispex (? is that right) commercials where the dude is crunching so loud he can't hear his boss yelling at him.

Or, you could just listen to people and respond to them like you are part of society and actually care what they are saying.

by mg at September 30, 2006 12:13 AM


I think it's Crispix. And yeah you could do that but who really does unless what is being said could entail more money, sex, romance, prestige or dominance for themselves?

by anna at September 30, 2006 8:35 AM