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maesi M
maesi Jul 9, 2006 13:27:57
Replying to Littlestone

gee littlestone i am in my dotage ..i didn't realise i could hit people and cars with my walking stick..just tell me where you want me to go and i will happily oblige.. free of charge!!!!

N nigelswift
nigelswift Jul 9, 2006 13:51:00
Replying to maesi

just tell me where you want me to go and i will happily oblige..

Ooh yes, me too, can I come? I've been doing it for years. The trick is, apologise as you do it. This has the effect of causing a confused paralysis in youngsters brains as they try to compute two irreconcilable bits of information, during which you make your escape.

L Littlestone
Littlestone Jul 9, 2006 15:04:33
Replying to maesi

...i didn't realise i could hit people and cars with my walking stick...
Oh yes, you can (not that I'm advocating violence towards people and their things of course ;-) but as long as you're prepared to give it a go it can be very satisfying.

Nigel's trick of apologizing as you 'accidentally bash them is a very good one and throws them into complete meltdown. I sometime apologise to people for whom I've held the post office door open (and they haven't had the courtesy to thank me) by saying, "I'm sorry not have been quicker at opening the door for you but my legs are not a quick as they used to be." Or when someone doesn't say thank you for something a, "Your welcome", with a Jack Nicholson grin, usually throws them ('though this can take several minuets depending on how thick they are :-)

I don't think we're becoming grumpy old people in our dotage maesi, I think society is becoming increasingly stupid ;-)