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The_Commonist

(2,518 posts)
1. She was totally avoiding you.
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 05:29 PM
Jun 2014

She knew damn well you were there!
But like most of us, she avoids people whose first name begins with the letter X.
Like that time when I was a kid, and Xavier Cugat was performing at Carnegie Hall.
I did NOT go.



unblock

(52,089 posts)
8. my wife keeps saying, hey, if you weren't so damn shy in college, we could be sipping
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 07:16 PM
Jun 2014

margaritas in the rose garden and sleeping in the lincoln bedroom.

to which i say, hey, if i wasn't so damn shy in college, michelle might have married me instead....

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
7. Jimmy Carter was eating breakfast next door to
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 05:42 PM
Jun 2014

my workplace - this was back in the early 90's - and one of my coworkers came in babbling about it; well what could I do? So I went down there to buy something, but really wanted to see him - when I walked in, the ENTIRE restaurant - booths, tables, counter - was full of secret service personnel who ALL turned to me, looked me in the eye, lol, as I searched the room looking for him - he was there alright, but was enjoying his breakfast and assiduously avoided eye contact. (I didn't take it personally.)

beveeheart

(1,368 posts)
9. Well....Hillary is in my neck of the woods right now
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 07:59 PM
Jun 2014

She's giving a speech less than a mile away and I wasn't invited either.

Xipe Totec

(43,887 posts)
11. She's touchy. Didn't like me asking her to change her mind on her wedding day.
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 12:29 AM
Jun 2014

I just said: Keep your options open, Michelle.

I don't think that's worth a...

Well, never mind... Maybe it is.

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