Y, O Y?

[oursin]

Does my usual stylist at the hairdressers express surprise that I haven't seen The Iron Lady and have no plans to do so, believing that it is so my kind of thing?*

***

Did a guy at the staff restaurant checkout say 'Your hair's green', as if, you know, it was an accident and I might not have noticed?

***

Do A Certain Academic Publishing Enterprise finally bring out a paperback edition of the co-edited volume that costs an arm and a leg in hardback, and tell neither of the editors that this was happening, never mind send authorial comp copies.**

*'I think cinema prices these days are a lot of money for going in and throwing things at the screen.
**Strop thrown at the relevant editorial department.

Comments

... does the Pope shit in the woods?

[commodorified]

I got nothin', really, I just wanted the excuse to use that subject line.

Um. Good morning? Your hair's GREEN! [said in tones of delight, not shock]

I have coffee. This is all.

[noveldevice]

As you may remember, I used to get this kind of thing all the time, and it always infuriated me. It was the same sort of thing as people who used to say "Your partner is old enough to be your dad!" or who now say "Your boyfriend is an Arab!"

No, really? I hadn't noticed.

[oursin]

'OMG!! It was PINK this morning!!!'
I am okay with people telling me the green streaks are cool (Waitrose checkout, last Saturday), or asking how I do that, but just going 'Your hair's green'? Big duh.

[noveldevice]

I think that sometimes it comes from a place of the person feeling like if they don't comment on it it's the elephant in the room (which it's not, for you, but that it is for them says a lot), and they can't think of something nice to say, so they just state the fact. Sometimes it comes from a place of someone wanting to criticize but not quite daring, so instead they just say it and hope you'll infer their disapproval. I always responded with "Thank you!" as though they'd complimented it, which irritates the judgey ones no end.

[movingfinger]

I like "What? No, really?" for those moments, with astonished stare. If little kids are in earshot they crack up.

[amaliedageek]

. . . cinema prices these days are a lot of money for going in and throwing things at the screen.

I saw two movies over the Christmas holiday, as hendersj's recruiter gave him a gift card; we agreed after that we were happy not to have paid out our own money, and that we aren't missing that much by waiting until things are available through Netflix.

That said, the Met's doing Götterdämmerung next month and hendersj might need an early anniversary present.