Aug 04, 2005 13:31
Cathoo's nan: "So what do you do at university?"
Me: Linguistics
Cathoo's nan: So, which ones are you studying?
Me: Well, actually, its more about the psychology of language, rather than actual languages.
Cathoo's nan: That sounds really interesting, like what goes on in the mind..
Me: Erm... yeah, kind of.
Cathoo's nan: ...like Astrology...
My head: wha...?
Cathoo's nan: Linguistics, like written in the stars, what goes on in the stars... stars stars... like horoscopes... astronomy... horoscopes... (goes into a kind of trance of blabber)
My head: OH MY GOD THIS WOMAN IS CRAZY....
Me: okay, nice to meet you... bye....
Poor grandma cathoo...