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Things people say to you, & how to respond.

You could always wear a bell around your neck @Chance ;)

Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?

"Certainly Not !!"


Are you planning or have you any children?

"God, No !! "


Are you married?

Are you going to propose if I say no?


What do you do for a living?

"Alas ! Just so many men and so little time to get through them all."
 
Gracey said:
You could always wear a bell around your neck @Chance ;)

Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?

"Certainly Not !!"


Are you planning or have you any children?

"God, No !! "


Are you married?

Are you going to propose if I say no?


What do you do for a living?

"Alas ! Just so many men and so little time to get through them all."
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Great answer, apart from the last. As men would think you're looking for more volunteers!
 
Fridgemagnetman said:
Great answer, apart from the last. As men would think you're looking for more volunteers!
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Elevate your mind from that gutter Mr Fridge my good sir, ;)
I might be a male modelling agency promoter, a Royal Marine Commando selection officer, a male health clinic nurse/triage assessor, editor of Mens' health magazine, a prostate specialist, sperm bank receptionist?
 
Gracey said:
Elevate your mind from that gutter Mr Fridge my good sir, ;)
I might be a male modelling agency promoter, a Royal Marine Commando selection officer, a male health clinic nurse/triage assessor, editor of Mens' health magazine, a prostate specialist, sperm bank receptionist?
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Not my gutter but the gutter of the ordinary man.

And that I'm not :)
 
I find the medical/mental health enquires the most intrusive.
Unless it's a qualified practitioner.
I always get the feeling that my confidential medical information has 'k all to do with my neighbours. Despite their concern.

I also have to wonder what my face looks like on being asked about this because an enthusiastic greeting and the beginning of the enquiry soon slows down. As if they've put the brakes on mid sentence, or realised the exact same thing I just happened to be thinking.
 
I like how russians used to greet one another with the question:

Have you eaten today? That I could answer.
 
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Mia said:
I like how russians used to greet on another with the question:

Have you eaten today? That I could answer.
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Pairs very well with the French asking each other about their bowel movement (well, very few French speakers realize that, in the local equivalent to "How is it going?", it refers to your crap, but that's a fun fact I'm very fond of).
 
I thought "Have you eaten today?" was a Chinese greeting.
Why Do Chinese People Always Ask "Have You Eaten?"

I know Gandhi used to greet the nuns around him by
asking whether they had had a bowel movement that day.

If the answer was "yes," he was pleased because they:
A. were functioning well/had successfully pooped and
B. needed to, which meant they'd had some food.
 
tree said:
I thought "Have you eaten today?" was a Chinese greeting.
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It is tree. The russians are friends who grew up in a border town on the other side of mongolia. The greeting carried over to their area from what I understand. Although they translated it to "What food have you eaten today?"

Apparently that happens quite a bit in countries around the world, where a country is influenced by it's neighbors and it is dependant on the area you live in. Otherwise russians say the same things as we do, Hello, how are you? Good morning and Good evening, How are you doing etc.

Greetings from province to province vary here. As they likely do from state to state in the US. Which would be interesting to know.
 
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tree said:
I thought "Have you eaten today?" was a Chinese greeting.
Why Do Chinese People Always Ask "Have You Eaten?"

I know Gandhi used to greet the nuns around him by
asking whether they had had a bowel movement that day.

If the answer was "yes," he was pleased because they:
A. were functioning well/had successfully pooped and
B. needed to, which meant they'd had some food.
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Its all great and wonderful... but just too much information for a guy who thinks in pictures...
Not a good mental image at all. : )
 
Mia said:
It is tree. The russians are friends who grew up in a border town on the other side of mongolia. The greeting carried over to their area from what I understand. Although they translated it to "What food have you eaten today?"

Apparently that happens quite a bit in countries around the world, where a country is influenced by it's neighbors and it is dependant on the area you live in. Otherwise russians say the same things as we do, Hello, how are you? Good morning and Good evening, How are you doing etc.

Greetings from province to province vary here. As they likely do from state to state in the US. Which would be interesting to know.
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Reminds me of berbers? Or nomadic desert people.
Where the tradition is that you actually feed the people you meet.
An insult to turn them down.

I shall refrain further for those who think in images.

Regarding Gandhi. When he visited the east end of London in the 50's the street children followed him around singing a variation of an old Scottish song
'Gandhi where's yer troosers'
 
Katleya said:
Pairs very well with the French asking each other about their bowel movement (well, very few French speakers realize that, in the local equivalent to "How is it going?", it refers to your crap, but that's a fun fact I'm very fond of).
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What's up with you? You got the sh*** or something?

Morceau d'merde,mon ami - all those escargot and frogs legs
 
Chance said:
I would fear calling you at that point... : )
I often just don't answer mine and let the calls go to voicemail and only call back the ones that had a real issue that needs to be discussed. People even say, "I don't call you because you don't answer..." I just smile and think your lucky if I answer your text also.
I no longer even have a house phone... Its a waste of life mostly. I often want to go use my cell phone as a fishing lure without the line attached.

I look at it this way. I bought the phone to use for necessary use at my discretion. I have no need to use it to socialize or allow it to become a burden... The telemarketers make me angry... They have nothing I want, if so I would call them.

I suck at talking on the phone, even worse than I do in person... Thats just bad.
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I remembered the reason he answered like that was, he became a message service for the whole family, result he snapped
 
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