My question for the day...

[crankin]

I am fairly new here at my job and people are trying to make some talk with me by asking questions such as "What brought you to Huntsville?", "Are you and your wife thinking about children?" blah, blah, blah...and so on.

Well, today, while standing around the coffee machine....

Co-worker: "You drive an old land Rover, right?"
Me: "Why Yes I do!"
Co-worker: "It's very nice."
Me: "Thank you very much!"
Co-worker: "So, Seeing how you drive a piece of British heritage....You getting excited about the royal wedding?!"
Me: "Nope. Could care less!"
Co-worker: "Well, you must not be very British."

And with a snobbish upturned nose... the heifer turns around and walks out the door! BUT...not only did she walk out the door and snub me...she complained to another co-worker...who stopped by my office, with a smile and said "You're not very British!"

Apparently, a Tennessee boy with a southern draw can become British by owning a Land Rover! Go figure!

[bkreutz]

I heard something interesting on the Today show this morning, they said that about twice as many Americans (percentage wise, not raw numbers) are following the royal wedding thing as the population in Britain. Very strange.

[Broadstone]

Had to show this post to my wife who just got back from her visit home and is British. She got a kick out of it. Kinda goes along the same lines as everyone here asking us if we have gotten our invitation to the royal wedding yet.

[I Leak Oil]

Perhaps your co-worker would be happy if you painted it like the General Lee!:D

[stonefox]

Boy, and just when I was going to ask if anybody wanted to go in on a wedding gift:D

[albersj51]

Boy, and just when I was going to ask if anybody wanted to go in on a wedding gift:D

I think they're registered at Target and Wal-Mart :D

[amcordo]

Oh my God Crankin, how thick are you? She was trying to flirt with you. You probably hurt her by shutting the conversation down. No wonder she complained to a coworker - you're such a jerk sometimes.

Now go back to her, appologize, talk to great length about the royal wedding and then name drop your wife. THAT's how you appropriately snub a lady.

[I Leak Oil]

He never said it was a lady!:p

[albersj51]

... the heifer turns around and walks out the door! BUT...not only did she walk out the door and snub me...she complained to another co-worker...who stopped by my office, with a smile and said "You're not very British!"

Apparently, a Tennessee boy with a southern draw can become British by owning a Land Rover! Go figure!

He called this person "she" :)

[I Leak Oil]

THAT's how you appropriately snub a lady.

...yes, but a she is not always a lady....:D

[albersj51]

Touche! "dude looks like a lady"

[stonefox]

I believe he refered to her as a heifer and besides I don't thinks its wise to Touche! or Touchy a big southern girl :nono:

[albersj51]

I believe he refered to her as a heifer and besides I don't thinks its wise to Touche! or Touchy a big southern girl :nono:


Ha! I live down south, so believe me, I know!

[crankin]

I do not think that anyone has touchy'd her in quite sometime.

[albersj51]

I meant touche', as in the french word for good counter point. by no means was I advocating touching said heifer. such action could cause serious injury or death. :)

[mrdoiron]

I meant touche', as in the french word for good counter point. by no means was I advocating touching said heifer. such action could cause serious injury or death. :)
Tell her about the "tunneling electron microscope".

[mrdoiron]

Tell her about the "tunneling electron microscope".
Walk into her office, and say :
"Ms [insert coworker name here], did you know that at Cornell University they have an incredible piece of scientific equipment known as the Tunneling Electron Microscope.
Now, this microscope is so powerful that by firing electrons you can actually see images of the atom, the infinitesimally minute building blocks of our universe.
Now [Ms coworker], if I were using that microscope right now, I still wouldn't be able to locate my interest in your problem. "
...then turn and walk out her door.