Comments on: Why I Have the Best Boyfriend Ever, In One Short Sentence http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/why-i-have-the-best-boyfriend-ever-in-one-short-sentence/ falling indelibly into the past Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:39:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: e. fiction http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/why-i-have-the-best-boyfriend-ever-in-one-short-sentence/#comment-123 e. fiction Sun, 17 Dec 2006 18:18:00 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=57#comment-123 <p>That’s funny. Whenever I let my hair grow out for a few months, I start hearing “ma’am” and “miss"--followed either by a silent refusal to acknowledge the mistake or profuse apologies. Both are amusing. As one supermarket cashier explained, “And then I looked at you and thought, ‘That’s not a ma’am--that’s a man!’” </p> <p> But my funniest case of mistaken gender was when I was behind the counter at my parents’ (plus-size women’s clothing) store and two dudes walked in around closing time. Eventually, one guy whispered none-too-quietly to the other, “Dude, that’s a guy!” </p> That’s funny. Whenever I let my hair grow out for a few months, I start hearing “ma’am” and “miss”–followed either by a silent refusal to acknowledge the mistake or profuse apologies. Both are amusing. As one supermarket cashier explained, “And then I looked at you and thought, ‘That’s not a ma’am–that’s a man!’”

But my funniest case of mistaken gender was when I was behind the counter at my parents’ (plus-size women’s clothing) store and two dudes walked in around closing time. Eventually, one guy whispered none-too-quietly to the other, “Dude, that’s a guy!”

]]> By: KF http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/why-i-have-the-best-boyfriend-ever-in-one-short-sentence/#comment-122 KF Sun, 17 Dec 2006 16:51:36 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=57#comment-122 <p>Yikes.  My sister, at age three, had a man coming up behind her in a grocery store aisle say “excuse me, son” to her.  She has never recovered.  Her hair has never since been shorter than shoulder length, and I doubt it ever will be. </p> Yikes.  My sister, at age three, had a man coming up behind her in a grocery store aisle say “excuse me, son” to her.  She has never recovered.  Her hair has never since been shorter than shoulder length, and I doubt it ever will be.

]]> By: The Misanthrope http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/why-i-have-the-best-boyfriend-ever-in-one-short-sentence/#comment-121 The Misanthrope Sun, 17 Dec 2006 15:29:15 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=57#comment-121 <p>e. fiction, that is funny. Once many years ago,I said, hello little man. I still hear about it today. </p> e. fiction, that is funny. Once many years ago,I said, hello little man. I still hear about it today.

]]> By: e. fiction http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/why-i-have-the-best-boyfriend-ever-in-one-short-sentence/#comment-120 e. fiction Sat, 16 Dec 2006 18:51:24 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=57#comment-120 <p>Here’s how far I fall short of the standard. I recently remarked to my girlfriend, “Your new haircut looks kinda like <a href="http://espndeportes-att.espn.go.com/2003/photos2006/0516/a_nowitzki_vtop.jpg" rel="nofollow">Dirk Nowitzki</a>‘s. </p> Here’s how far I fall short of the standard. I recently remarked to my girlfriend, “Your new haircut looks kinda like Dirk Nowitzki‘s.

]]> By: Scott http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/why-i-have-the-best-boyfriend-ever-in-one-short-sentence/#comment-119 Scott Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:38:20 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=57#comment-119 <p>Now you have me thinking that I’ve dated a long line of <i>parsers</i>.... </p> Now you have me thinking that I’ve dated a long line of parsers….

]]> By: KF http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/why-i-have-the-best-boyfriend-ever-in-one-short-sentence/#comment-118 KF Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:32:13 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=57#comment-118 <p>You know, I’m not parsing out the details on this one.  Thin is thin, and I’m quite confident that there was no implied contrary to fact. </p> <p> Perhaps this response serves to demonstrate why I, in turn, am the best girlfriend ever. </p> You know, I’m not parsing out the details on this one.  Thin is thin, and I’m quite confident that there was no implied contrary to fact.

Perhaps this response serves to demonstrate why I, in turn, am the best girlfriend ever.

]]> By: Scott http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/why-i-have-the-best-boyfriend-ever-in-one-short-sentence/#comment-117 Scott Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:28:35 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=57#comment-117 <p>Gah!  Thinn<i>er</i>.  With that other “n.” The one that makes it look thin. </p> Gah!  Thinner.  With that other “n.” The one that makes it look thin.

]]> By: Scott http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/why-i-have-the-best-boyfriend-ever-in-one-short-sentence/#comment-116 Scott Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:23:54 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=57#comment-116 <p>I can only imagine the pain and anguish such a statement would have caused had I said it to a couple of my girlfriends past. </p> <p> Shouldn’t that be thin<i>er</i>?  ;) </p> I can only imagine the pain and anguish such a statement would have caused had I said it to a couple of my girlfriends past.

Shouldn’t that be thiner?  ;)

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