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Originally Posted by Chuckanut
I was making airline reservations from LA to Hawaii. My friend asked me "Is it non stop?" I sure hope so.
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Well, quite a few flights from LA to Hawaii (the big island) make you change planes in Honolulu.......
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11-30-2016, 10:30 AM
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I can dig it. I get a lot of "I Hope that When I'm Your Age" backa$$ compliments.
I had started to hear "you're such a inspiration" in my 40's. It's a sad fact that to a 20-year-old, a 45-year-old looks ancient. Fortunately, we become invisible to them after 50, or they'd probably mistake us for the Living Dead!
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Originally Posted by mystang52
It was meant as a compliment, and in fact not all that bad: A short while back I had some local errands to do, so took my bicycle. At one store, the clerk commented on my bike clothes and said "I think it's great that you stay active at your age."
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Even a blind clock finds an acorn twice a day.
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11-30-2016, 10:33 AM
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Hmmm...that's not quite as odd; figure skaters expect people to be studying their moves. Not so much cow-orkers.
(I was amused by the guy's comment. He's always had a bit of foot-in-mouth disease).
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Originally Posted by ls99
I recognize all of the regular figure skaters, on the ice skating, or walking through the door by their shape (front or rear or profile) and gait, posture or skating style at the rink. Well before I see their faces. A few I have actually told, they seem amused.
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Even a blind clock finds an acorn twice a day.
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11-30-2016, 10:35 AM
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OMG...what was your response? (If you had one!)
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Originally Posted by latexman
One time, a young waitress in a restaurant asked us, "how did ya'll do that?".
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Even a blind clock finds an acorn twice a day.
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11-30-2016, 11:30 AM
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This happened to my dad (he's 84)....
A few months ago while shopping, dad glanced up to see a lady he's known for decades. When she saw him, she blurted..."Oh my gawd...I thought you were dead!"
Without skipping a beat, he said "Boo"
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11-30-2016, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by latexman
We have five children. The wife and I had one child, and we adopted four others. Of the four adopted children, two are white and two are black. One time, a young waitress in a restaurant asked us, "how did ya'll do that?".
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I have to ask, did you think it was funny when she asked that?
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11-30-2016, 12:04 PM
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Working in my dental office, a hygienist, super-sweet, very pretty, asked me to check a spot on someone's tongue. I did, and it was normal, and we got on the subject of tongues served in delicatessens, and had any of us ever tried it.
In her young, innocent , chipper voice she said, loud enough for everyone in the office to hear, "Oh, I've been slipped some tongue in my day"....you could have heard a pin drop.
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11-30-2016, 12:25 PM
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Not just that, but (except for Southwest) the legacy airlines fly to hubs. It could be very possible that the flight would depart Los Angeles and stop off somewhere else before arriving in Hawaii - Phoenix, Houston, Dallas, Denver, Seattle, etc.
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11-30-2016, 12:52 PM
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Myself, after Thanksgiving this year. I don't even remember what the topic was, but it was something commonly said but untrue (something related to treating bronchitis, which I managed to get that week and have had many times over the years). Said by my MIL while at the table with my FIL, DW and me. When I called it an "old wive's tale" and corrected it, I could hear FIL choke. No choice but to power through and explain what treatments are involved and pretend that I hadn't just stepped in it and that no-one else had heard anything of the sort. Oops.
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11-30-2016, 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by bbbamI
This happened to my dad (he's 84)....
A few months ago while shopping, dad glanced up to see a lady he's known for decades. When she saw him, she blurted..."Oh my gawd...I thought you were dead!"
Without skipping a beat, he said "Boo"
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It sounds like your dad is pretty sharp!
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11-30-2016, 01:12 PM
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I've stuck my foot in my mouth so many times my breath smells like shoe leather.
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11-30-2016, 01:20 PM
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Watching a co-worker of mine giving a presentation on a new, third party designed and manufactured product, back in my HP days. He was consoling concerns about the company selling a 3rd party designed, but HP logo'ed product. He said "The product will have and HP Quality, HP look and feel, and an overall HP-ness about it."
I think I chuckled first, then everybody did....
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11-30-2016, 01:57 PM
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11-30-2016, 01:59 PM
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Best comeback ever!
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Originally Posted by bbbamI
This happened to my dad (he's 84)....
A few months ago while shopping, dad glanced up to see a lady he's known for decades. When she saw him, she blurted..."Oh my gawd...I thought you were dead!"
Without skipping a beat, he said "Boo"
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Even a blind clock finds an acorn twice a day.
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11-30-2016, 03:55 PM
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Years ago, while working late in the tax bull pen. We had one computer to run the returns, and 5-6 people sharing it. One woman (very attractive and somewhat shy) had been on the computer for about an hour (way too long). about 12:30 am, she announced "I'm getting off now". The guy at the cubical next to me said in a soft voice "Can I watch?".
The woman ran from the room, called another woman to go get her coat and purse and she came in late the next morning!
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11-30-2016, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Taxman59
Years ago, while working late in the tax bull pen. We had one computer to run the returns, and 5-6 people sharing it. One woman (very attractive and somewhat shy) had been on the computer for about an hour (way too long). about 12:30 am, she announced "I'm getting off now". The guy at the cubical next to me said in a soft voice "Can I watch?".
The woman ran from the room, called another woman to go get her coat and purse and she came in late the next morning!
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Consider a shrink showing Rorschach inkblots to a client. Ten or so shown, the client exclaiming each time that the blots showed some version of fornication. A few more with the same result. Whereupon the learned shrink says, man you have a dirty mind.
The client without missing a beat, me? You the one showing me the dirty pictures!
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11-30-2016, 04:33 PM
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My first boss, years ago, was someone who didn't like chocolate. One day a coworker returned from a Hawaiian vacation with a box of chocolate covered Macadamia nuts. When my boss said he liked Macadamia nuts, but not chocolate, I piped up, "Well, in the spirit of teamwork, I'd be happy to eat the chocolate off of your...." Stunned silence ensued.
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11-30-2016, 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by latexman
We have five children. The wife and I had one child, and we adopted four others. Of the four adopted children, two are white and two are black. One time, a young waitress in a restaurant asked us, "how did ya'll do that?".
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Jeff Foxworthy's here's your sign would be a perfect response for that waitress.
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11-30-2016, 04:48 PM
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All these microaggressions!
We need to demand a safe space!
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11-30-2016, 05:16 PM
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We're in one, right here and now!  I keep coming back to this thread and chuckling at each new entry.
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All these microaggressions!
We need to demand a safe space!
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