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Work banter and Tumblr
Feb. 10th, 2012 05:34 pmP. says loud to the guy sitting next to you :"I am working on some tables.. Franco's tables.. they begin with wop_".
P. sits diagonally opposite from me. I look up.
P. :"I can say 'wop' because my wife is Italian".
Franco: "I'm married to an English man so that means I can reciprocate. But we don't have any offensive word for the English."
P.: "Really? Are you sure?"
Franco: "Yes I've been racking my brain for years.. I guess we are just more civilised".
I wasn't offended as it was meant in jest. But slightly disappointed by the "I can say that... because my..." which really is just stupid.
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In other news, I was very kindly informed by one of you (grazie, caro!) that a couple of pictures of me with my family jewels on display have ended up on Tumblr.
I don't know whether I'm annoyed that they have been put there without my permission, or disappointed that they haven't been particularly popular! Probably both.
P. sits diagonally opposite from me. I look up.
P. :"I can say 'wop' because my wife is Italian".
Franco: "I'm married to an English man so that means I can reciprocate. But we don't have any offensive word for the English."
P.: "Really? Are you sure?"
Franco: "Yes I've been racking my brain for years.. I guess we are just more civilised".
I wasn't offended as it was meant in jest. But slightly disappointed by the "I can say that... because my..." which really is just stupid.
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In other news, I was very kindly informed by one of you (grazie, caro!) that a couple of pictures of me with my family jewels on display have ended up on Tumblr.
I don't know whether I'm annoyed that they have been put there without my permission, or disappointed that they haven't been particularly popular! Probably both.
