Tuesday, November 05, 2002
Art of the Noncommittal Compliment
What to say when a friend makes an effort that just plain sucks? 12 ambiguous but ego-soothing phrases that stop just short of lying, from Esquire:
1. You've done it again!
2. Wow! What more can I say?
3. Everybody's talking about it!
4. Look at you go!
5. You must've been practicing forever! How did you find the time?
6. Congratulations. You must be so proud.
7. So interesting.
8. I love those opening credits/steak knives/jacket photos.
9. Did you have formal training?
10. I've never seen/read/tasted/heard anything like this before.
11. Jesus! I can hardly make it out the door in the morning, and you...
12. What a stinking pile of shit! Just kidding.
Funny thing is, I can easily imagine Tequila Willy saying any of these.
Hmm. Chimera (Netscape's latest browser afterbirth) fails the "work right with Blogger site" test. As does Mozilla.
- Satish
What to say when a friend makes an effort that just plain sucks? 12 ambiguous but ego-soothing phrases that stop just short of lying, from Esquire:
1. You've done it again!
2. Wow! What more can I say?
3. Everybody's talking about it!
4. Look at you go!
5. You must've been practicing forever! How did you find the time?
6. Congratulations. You must be so proud.
7. So interesting.
8. I love those opening credits/steak knives/jacket photos.
9. Did you have formal training?
10. I've never seen/read/tasted/heard anything like this before.
11. Jesus! I can hardly make it out the door in the morning, and you...
12. What a stinking pile of shit! Just kidding.
Funny thing is, I can easily imagine Tequila Willy saying any of these.
Hmm. Chimera (Netscape's latest browser afterbirth) fails the "work right with Blogger site" test. As does Mozilla.
- Satish
# posted by Satix @ 10:33 PM 
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