You know those people who stand in shopping centres and harass passers by into signing up to World Vision and Doctors Without Borders? You know how 90% of them have foreign accents because nobody except backpackers will do a job that shitty? I imagine it gets pretty tedious, spending all day trying to engage with strangers who just want you to fuck off and leave them alone. I imagine that eventually you start trying all sorts of weird shit to get their attention.
As I was coming out of Woolies the other day, a young lass strolled up to me and said, in the broadest Irish accent you've ever heard:
"You look like a farmer."
My first thought was to respond with, "And you sound like a leprechaun". But instead, I opted for the much wittier, "Ah … um, thanks … but look, I'm not interested."
I give her an A for originality. That and seven bucks'll buy ya a watered down coke at the picture theatre.
4 comments :
I don't know that 'you look like a farmer' is EVER complimentary if you're a woman. Do they water down the coke in the cinema?! I never drink the stuff but I'm going to be outraged nonetheless
Is it ever complimentary to anyone? Do farmers even like being told they look like farmers? I know plenty of farmers, but I don't believe this is something that's ever come up?
Any place that gives you coke out of a tap mixes it themselves; so they decide how much water goes in. I gave up on soft drinks a while ago, but I've had some watery ones in the past. Also had a couple that were made from really foul tap water and were practically un-drinkable.
I guess not! It's ok to be a cowboy though and that is a kind of farmer, in a way
Hmmm, I think I'd actually take farmer over cowboy. I have a visceral reaction to cowboy. When I was growing up, it was commonly used as a derogitory term for someone who overestimated their own abilities to the point of being a danger to others.
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