one of the people in my office is a bit thick. sometimes he'll dribble out something particularly irrelevant
and i have to leave it hanging there, unresponded to.

i feel like a twat, but he has to learn
( manolith hooray for me, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 9:26, archived)

Yeah sounds very similar
it's awkward to not respond but the inane conversation you'd be drawn into would be worse.
( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 9:30, archived)

his thickness has its uses.
in the office ceiling, there is a pulley system that we rigged up that lifts the ceiling panel above his head.

we used it to drop a bauble on his head at christmas. got away with doing it 3 times!
( manolith hooray for me, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 9:33, archived)