Comments | cheerfulstoic: Provenance

cheerfulstoic

Provenance

Nov 23, 2008 18:57

Every day there are thousands of tourists in DC, and they all want to ask me for directions. I don't know why. I guess I exude that magical combination of knowledge, patience and general niceness that makes people think I can and will solve their local geography problems. So they come up to me and say, in French- or German- or Russian- or ( Read more... )

tourism, dc, texas

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marstheinfomage November 24 2008, 00:31:41 UTC

Mars (with heavy russian accent): "Hi, do you live around here?"
you:

a) think "worst pickup line EVAH!"
b) answer "no, i actually live about 30 blocks that-a-way, why?"
c) give directions?

:P

or at least that's the exact ordering of potential answers as they popped into *my* head.

marstheinfomage November 24 2008, 00:40:22 UTC

what's also curious is that i only read LJ two or three times a week at most, and you *always* post something when i'm halfway through my inbox.

coincidence?

cheerfulstoic November 24 2008, 01:54:45 UTC

We have matching computer patterns. Either that or I'm stalking you.

marstheinfomage November 24 2008, 03:24:41 UTC

i shall flatter myself and believe the latter :P

captainspam November 24 2008, 00:58:41 UTC

"No matter how long I live in the DC metro area I will never be from here. I'm from Texas."

That's generally what I say when people assume I'm from Kentucky. I'm not from Kentucky. I'm currently living in Kentucky. I'm from Michigan.

Because really, I'd rather not be from Kentucky if at all possible.