You know how, when you’re watching sports, there are “exciting” parts where people feel the need to loudly yell or groan? Well, I like to be polite. So when I’m forced to watch football and it gets to one of those so-called exciting parts, I always yell “SPORTS” in my best loud deadpan.
If you’ve never tried this, a loud deadpan is surprisingly difficult to achieve.
I’ve been doing this for years. The problem is, now, when I’m engaging in the usual banal chatter with coworkers, I get this terrible urge… I just want to stop mid-sentence and yell out, “SMALL TALK” - like I’m watching a sporting event.
