andrewIn lieu of a personality in my youth, I often took bits and pieces from the people I saw around me ie my television set. So I took the fast-talking speed of Ben Elton, and the talking-gibberish hiding a keen-intellect side from the Doctor. That is, aside from the keen intellect – the Internet has put paid to that methinks.
In other words, I have a tendency to talk fast gibberish. Couple that with the general tendency to say the first funny or quirky thing that comes to my head, and it can lead to a couple of uh-oh moments. Especially in a new environment when people don’t quite yet know what to make of me.
Thus today, when a colleague and I were deciding which door to enter a building with, I just happened to mention my irrational hatred of a particular door. I even said off-hand of how I wish I had an axe so I could shred the door to pieces. This is when my colleague adopted the unmistakable look of “ok… right…” …
He hasn’t talked to me for the rest of the day. Oh dear…
Tags: adayinthelife, Funny, Me me me me me
i completely empathise with the "weird things" that splurge out at inopportune times. My workmates have learned to laugh at me while i try and explain…and then laugh at me when it doesn't work!
Quirks are good though!
When meeting people for the first time, don't discuss how best to fit small babies into a freezer. Seems to freak them out.