Etiquette School is in session! > "Have you tried the bean dip?"
Preparing to stave off Stan the Obnoxious Student (anticlimax #4)
Carnation:
You are to be commended for not blurting out "You have five friends?"
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pierrotlunaire0:
--- Quote from: Carnation on April 05, 2010, 11:54:54 AM ---You are to be commended for not blurting out "You have five friends?"
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Snerk! Snerk! Ooh, you are bad.
I had a professor who would use, "Oh, I'm glad you brought that up because it reminds me --" forcibly wrenching the discussion back on topic.
Sirius:
--- Quote from: Carnation on April 05, 2010, 11:54:54 AM ---You are to be commended for not blurting out "You have five friends?"
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I read this while I was eating mashed potatoes and got to laughing so hard they almost went down the wrong tube. You were almost responsible for the world's first mashed potatoectomy.
(I read this to Mr. Sirius, and he said the OP was to be commended for not saying "You really have friends?")
holly firestorm:
--- Quote from: sefaeria on March 04, 2010, 05:56:15 PM ---It sounds like he acts like a small child. Attention's on him, he's happy. Attention isn't on him, he makes sure it is quickly refocused on him.
Treat him as his behavior dictates, POD for RubyDoomsday's suggestions about group redirection. And if he starts spinning the book, gently tell him "Stan, now is the time to listen not play with our things".
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I have wanted to ask this for a long time: What does POD stand for?
blue2000:
It means "I agree" - like two peas in a pod. :)
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