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Yesterday I went swimming in Loch Raven again, this time alone. I went for the exercise. A couple watched me emerge from the lake, stinking and dripping, while they played with their kids.
"You're not human!" the man yelled at me.
"What?"
"I said you're not human! We've been watching you since you went in!"
"Oh, thanks."
"What happened to your dog?"
I looked around. This was a good question, philosophically. What had happened to my dog, indeed?
"I don't have one."
"Oh, really? I could have sworn we saw one follow you in, I was all set to ask you what happened."
"Sorry."
Some random facts about this couple, overheard from conversation:
1) They were not married. They were not even together, probably.
2) They worked together.
3) They shared a mutual dislike of their boss.
4) The man, even though he was thirty years old, had not yet figured out that it was a bad idea to dominate the conversation.
5) The woman was ambivalent.
6) The daughter belonged to the man, and the son belonged to the woman.
7) The man was trying to impress the woman, through jokes about their boss.
8) Clearly, their boss was a dick; he used company cash on a sports car.
Strangely I wanted to follow them, but it was late.
"You're not human!" the man yelled at me.
"What?"
"I said you're not human! We've been watching you since you went in!"
"Oh, thanks."
"What happened to your dog?"
I looked around. This was a good question, philosophically. What had happened to my dog, indeed?
"I don't have one."
"Oh, really? I could have sworn we saw one follow you in, I was all set to ask you what happened."
"Sorry."
Some random facts about this couple, overheard from conversation:
1) They were not married. They were not even together, probably.
2) They worked together.
3) They shared a mutual dislike of their boss.
4) The man, even though he was thirty years old, had not yet figured out that it was a bad idea to dominate the conversation.
5) The woman was ambivalent.
6) The daughter belonged to the man, and the son belonged to the woman.
7) The man was trying to impress the woman, through jokes about their boss.
8) Clearly, their boss was a dick; he used company cash on a sports car.
Strangely I wanted to follow them, but it was late.