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It might come off wrong in writing, but it's worse in person when you're on the receiving end of banter like that, coming from an Aussie or Irishman or a Geordi
by mahmud 16y ago
It might come off wrong in writing, but it's worse in person when you're on the receiving end of banter like that, coming from an Aussie or Irishman or a Geordie with a very straight face.
I too was offended the first time it happened to me, but I dropped all pretense and self-righteousness; learn to give it back, cold, and you might earn yourself that highest label of endearment: the C-word :-) Then you shout the first round and move on.
In my original diatribe I was paying out the poms, as Aussies would say.
- detst 16y agoOh, I get it. I'm usually the one that initiates the banter. It's not worse in person because a misinterpretation is easier to avoid and doesn't devolve into a troll-fest (maybe a fight, but if someone lets it go that far, it's not playful banter, it's being an asshole.) > Oh, a funny American. Did you get that humor in a legal settlement? Sure, this comment might just be banter considering the way you misinterpreted the original comment but when you take it the way it was meant, it just looks like petty trolling. That's all I am saying. And I'm done here. I've made my point and people are down-voting.
- patrickk 16y agoMy standard way of answering my friends on the phone is "how's the virgin" or "I saw your mother out in town last night" or uuuhhhhoooohhh (sex noise). Makes things more interesting for the rest of the conversation. Even my boss takes the piss at work. Great way to prevent people getting 'up' themselves (Irish btw).