Statements of the Blindingly Obvious ...
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This is something else which really gets my goat (nod to al & Bert).

I deal with "internal customers" a lot at work and it can be months before we actually meet in person. I've lost count of the times someone has introduced themselves and then commented, "Oh you're really quite small, aren't you?" As if I hadn't noticed. There I was, smugly thinking of myself as a paler version of Naomi Campbell (but with a better nature) until they pointed out that I am in fact on the short side.

Or a colleague meets me outside of work with my kids and says, "Aren't they getting big?" No, I thought I was shrinking. Of course they're getting big, it's what kids do.

As my old granny used to say, "If you can't say something sensible, shut the fuck up."*



*May not be 100% true
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Fri 2 May 2008, 21:38, 4 replies)

that is annoying
especially the ones that say "Bit wet out, is it?" when you walk into work looking like a drowned rat.

I must stop thinking about the back up caused by constipation when I hear the phrase "internal customers"
(magic the cat will someone please think of the kittens, Fri 2 May 2008, 21:43, closed)

^ A thousand sympathies.
When I was in sixth form my then best friend and champion slag of the universe introduced me to her latest victim boyfriend, who was typical of the local chavs:

"James, this is Maladicta - Maladicta, this is James."
"You're really small!"
"You're observant aren't you?"

She never introduced me to any of her boyfriends after that. Score.
( Maladicta, Fri 2 May 2008, 21:44, closed)

And here I thought
your name was a reflection of your bathroom habits...

/coat
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 2 May 2008, 21:45, closed)

And people who ask
'Hot enough for you, is it?' when the thermometer is nudging the upper 20s. Every. Sodding. Summer.
The same bloody question.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 5 May 2008, 23:45, closed)