Out of the mouths of babes.

[thatgirly]

I went to John Henry's for 80's night on Thursday, as I have done many Thursdays before. I had a remarkably fantastic time, but it was not without incident

Comments

[ex_keening]

I honestly thought conversations like that were urban legends. I met a guy once who told me "a girl" he dated thought "gargle" was meaning the scary stone statues on churches and old buildings in Europe- which is to say, what us here folk roundabout these parts call GARGOYLES. So I shouldn't be too surprised.

[thatgirly]

Well, if you aren't the type to, you know, READ, I can see how you could miss the distinction between the two, I've certainly heard gargoyle pronounced gar-ghoul often enough. I myself have been saying "disconcerning" in place of "disconcerting" for as long as I've used the word, and I am a reader, so I've no excuse.
But yeah, it's one thing to hear about stupid conversations of this magnitude, it's quite another to be involved in one. The good news is that it made for a rather amusing LJ post :)

[ariadnemarie]

oh.my.god. That conversation should have a website dedicated to it. On geocities.

[thatgirly]

See how one man's sorrow is another's amusement? You're laughing at my pain, aren't you? AREN'T YOU?!?

I'm not familiar with geocities. Tell me more.

[ariadnemarie]

anyone can set up a free page at geocities... they even have templates you can use to make the most obnoxious pointless page around

[joecrotch]

Jeez Dave, why are you single? Ohh I don't know...Your post is why. This is the vast majority of my choices to date from. Jeebus, I'm gonna die alone.

[thatgirly]

Naw Dave, that girl was waaaay out of your league. I doubt she'd ever even consider dating someone with two brain cells to rub together, and you've already proven you can read AND type.
You should come the next time I send out an invitation to something, (I'm having a Birthday party on February 11th, and you don't even have to bring a gift) I actually know some girls who have beauty, brains, and at least a modicum of sanity. A couple of them are even single.

[joecrotch]

Hehehe. Well thank you. I just might have to do that. My point was that the vast majority I'm dealing with are umm what's the word...numbskulls you encountered. And I can't take it! Anyone that begins a sentence with shut up, should be "re-educated".

[thatgirly]

Shuuut-uuuuppppp!!! Yeah, it's totally, like, dumb, when people, you know, act all.......you know, mean and stuff, even though, you know, just because I'm like, pretty, doesn't mean, you know, that I'm all, stupid and stuff. I mean, it's just such a......uhm.....you know, thingy, when they just assume that just 'cuz I have a great tan, and I'm all blonde and stuff, and skinny, and have all these great clothes......Don't you think this shirt is just, like, the best? And, Oh. My. God. You would not believe how much I paid for these shoes, I told my Daddy that my books were, like,$600, when really they were only like $200, so I had an extra $300 to buy these shoes....Aren't they great?

[tabispice]

Oh gosh - I had a similiarly frustrating conversation with a girl we kindly referred to as "short skirt girl" in a restroom in a Eugene bar ... there's something in the air there ...

[thatgirly]

There's a reason I made that policy about restroom conversations.....