Comments on: Dear Miss Manners http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2005/09/14/dear-miss-manners Pontification without all the gritty gravitas Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:24:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Bolusz http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2005/09/14/dear-miss-manners#comment-110 Bolusz Wed, 05 Oct 2005 19:25:21 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/?p=67#comment-110 Pick it up and return it, saying "We'll be like so needing this later, won't we?" or "Oh, I love these! You know, you might want to try their Maxi-Ribbed Pouilly-Fuisse Lubricated Nonmetallics with Wings. I like to wear those inside-out!" Who knows? You might make a friend. :) Pick it up and return it, saying “We’ll be like so needing this later, won’t we?”

or

“Oh, I love these! You know, you might want to try their Maxi-Ribbed Pouilly-Fuisse Lubricated Nonmetallics with Wings. I like to wear those inside-out!”

Who knows? You might make a friend. :)

]]> By: Branko's Weblog http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2005/09/14/dear-miss-manners#comment-55 Branko's Weblog Fri, 16 Sep 2005 13:16:56 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/?p=67#comment-55 <strong>How to return a condom</strong> What do you do when you see something accidentally drop from a young woman’s purse, and you want to alert her to that fact, except right then you notice that the thing is an exotic condom, Bill Tozier wonders. ... How to return a condom

What do you do when you see something accidentally drop from a young woman’s purse, and you want to alert her to that fact, except right then you notice that the thing is an exotic condom, Bill Tozier wonders.
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]]> By: Branko’s Weblog » Blog Archive » How to return a condom http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2005/09/14/dear-miss-manners#comment-54 Branko’s Weblog » Blog Archive » How to return a condom Fri, 16 Sep 2005 13:16:15 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/?p=67#comment-54 [...] What do you do when you see something accidentally drop from a young woman’s purse, and you want to alert her to that fact, except right then you notice that the thing is an exotic condom, Bill Tozier wonders. [...] [...] What do you do when you see something accidentally drop from a young woman’s purse, and you want to alert her to that fact, except right then you notice that the thing is an exotic condom, Bill Tozier wonders. [...]

]]> By: Branko Collin http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2005/09/14/dear-miss-manners#comment-53 Branko Collin Fri, 16 Sep 2005 13:13:18 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/?p=67#comment-53 "<i>The proper thing to do, I believe, is to feign ignorance of the item’s nature and discreetly return it.</i>" I watch way too much farcical comedy (currently: lots of 'Allo 'Allo) to stop my brain's eye from seeing this unfold as it did. “The proper thing to do, I believe, is to feign ignorance of the item’s nature and discreetly return it.”

I watch way too much farcical comedy (currently: lots of ‘Allo ‘Allo) to stop my brain’s eye from seeing this unfold as it did.

]]> By: verbalchameleon http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2005/09/14/dear-miss-manners#comment-52 verbalchameleon Fri, 16 Sep 2005 05:44:49 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/?p=67#comment-52 Great story!!! I think you _should_ ask Miss Manners. Or maybe Dan Savage (of the "Savage Love" column) would be more appropriate: http://www.citypages.com/authors/summary.asp?PPDID=1107 Great story!!! I think you _should_ ask Miss Manners. Or maybe Dan Savage (of the “Savage Love” column) would be more appropriate: http://www.citypages.com/authors/summary.asp?PPDID=1107

]]> By: Barbara http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2005/09/14/dear-miss-manners#comment-51 Barbara Thu, 15 Sep 2005 02:15:45 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/?p=67#comment-51 Maybe it was a grand psychology experiment? Maybe it was a grand psychology experiment?

]]> By: yami http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2005/09/14/dear-miss-manners#comment-50 yami Wed, 14 Sep 2005 17:12:41 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/?p=67#comment-50 The proper thing to do, I believe, is to feign ignorance of the item's nature and discreetly return it. Exotic condoms ain't cheap, after all, and really not the sort of thing you want to reach for and not find. But perhaps it would be best to have an old lady do the returning, with a wink. The proper thing to do, I believe, is to feign ignorance of the item’s nature and discreetly return it. Exotic condoms ain’t cheap, after all, and really not the sort of thing you want to reach for and not find.

But perhaps it would be best to have an old lady do the returning, with a wink.

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