One of my bosses , Harry , asks a lot of questions.
Questions you expect from a 6 year old , not a grown man.
A lot of the time , when he asks one of these questions , I insert a long pause.
In the hope that I really don't have to answer it.
I muchly prefer to stay in my silence then waste perfectly good words to answer dumb question at hand.
Alas he always waits for an answer....
An example from yesterday.
Harry : " So when is the world going to blow up?"
Tina : * Pause .......... doesnt look up from paperwork shes doing *.
Harry : *Waits *
Tina : " It was meant to happen yesterday but no one got the memo ...... "
Tina : " ..... so it didnt happen ......"
Harry : " Huh ? Whaddya mean , memo ? "
Tina : *Still doing paperwork , laughs quietly *
Harry : *Realising Tina is takin the piss , so to speak *
Harry : " Are you talkin shit " ?
Tina : " Harry ... of COURSE I am talkin shit ! " *laughs again , disbelievingly *
Harry : *Moving on....... *
Harry : " The world IS gonna blow up though ".
Tina : " Maybe , but not in this lifetime , Harry ....just keep an eye out for
that memo ....."
I think that the closest Harry would get to possessing an intelligent thought is if he grabbed a random , innocent passerby thought and held it hostage.
" Harry , step away from the thought , its done nothing to you ..... let it go ...."
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