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Monday 21 February 2011

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RIDICULOUSLY CHATTY LADY ON THE BUS WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO POSSESS A BRIDGET JONES-ESQUE LACK OF TACT:
So what do you do?

ME:
Erm, I'm a writer.

RCLOTBWAHTPABJLOT:
Oh how lovely! Do you work for a newspaper?

ME:
No, I write novels.

RCLOTBWAHTPABJLOT:
For a living? Oh you poor dear. Haven't you been able to find a real job?

ME:
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12 comments:

  1. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Hahahhahaah!

    Oh you poor dear!

    Hope you slapped her upside the head. :)

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  2. *LOL* oh I just love thoughtful people!

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  3. You should've said, "No, and aren't I lucky?"

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  4. Your silence shows you have a lot more restraint than I do. One of the good parts about being a writer? You can think up insults quickly.

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  5. Brilliant! I would probably have come up with a witty answer an hour later and kicked myself. xxx

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  6. Ahahahaha! Oh dearie me, the things some people come out with.

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  7. Wow..you have grace for keeping your cool. My favorite thing to think when people say things like this: Why the heck don't YOU try doing it?!

    Haha, anyway, joke is on her because your work is something so fulfilling that it doesn't even feel like a mundane job.

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  8. Ha ha! Funny...and yet not. I guess all you can do is roll your eyes, then roll up your sleeves and get back to your enjoyable, misunderstood work!

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  9. ME: Slapped woman on bus very hard!

    LOL. Hilarious post.

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  10. I love the people who ask you if you have chosen a publishing company for your book yet...

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