October 21, 2009
Talk about stereotypes! There’s this cl…
Talk about stereotypes! There’s this classic image of a guy and a girl sitting across from each other at a cafe. It’s been lampooned in any number of commercials and sitcoms. The girl is yapping non-stop about who knows what and the guy sits there nodding, “Uh huh, Uh huh, Uh huh,” while the bubble over his head is filled with images of cars or golf clubs or whatever…
Well, just about every time I go to my favourite coffee shop I see this scenario in the flesh. Tonight I could here this rapid-fire one-way stream of jibber jabber coming from two tables over.
How anyone can keep talking that fast for so long about nothing is completely baffling to me.