Random Question in Ever-So-Slightly Uncomfortable Pseudo-Social Work Situation:
Posted by Moose on July 29th, 2009. Filed under: Random Lists.“So. You commute, huh? What do you do on the train?”
Far Better Answers Than The One Actually Given:
“I make voodoo dolls out of empty Pepsi cans.”
“I systematically skin the seats to make myself a warm winter coat.”
“I perform Satanic rituals with a black sweatshirt, a Bic lighter, and an indomitable will.”
“I eat whole roast chickens with my fingers.”
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July 29th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
I’m assuming the answer they actually gave was, “I stick a hand in my pocket and play”?
July 29th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Wait, who gave the answer? Is this what you said? Or what someone else said?
I had lived in NYC for a long time before I realized a shockingly high number of people play the game, If Armageddon happens right now and only the people on this train survive, who would I sleep with to keep the human race alive? Or would I let it die out, given the options…
It’s actually kind of a fun game, but I didn’t invent it.
July 29th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
I wasn’t even part of the conversation (I believe the official answer given was “read the paper”). I just jumped in with the conversation post-mortem. Because I am obnoxious that way.
July 29th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Here’s one for you. How big is your family?
I will translate that for you once I hear your spontaneously interesting answer.:D
Btw, that was a question posed by the boss to a colleague(I was there), during itty bitty intro time.
July 30th, 2009 at 6:55 am
Is this a common question? I mean, how many answers can there really be? Read, sleep, listen to music… anything else someone is doing on the train, I probably don’t want to know about!
July 30th, 2009 at 11:30 am
What kind of question is that? Like there’s a carousel on the train?
I would have been all “oh, you know, the usual – dance a jig naked while spitting tobacco into my spittoon!”
July 31st, 2009 at 9:22 am
Just wanted to say thanks for your feedback on not eating sugar. Happy Friday!
July 31st, 2009 at 9:32 am
“It rubs the lotion on its skin.”
July 31st, 2009 at 3:35 pm
I have a short commute so it’s not really a factor.
Like May I occasionally play the Armageddon game. I didn’t realize other people played it too!
August 1st, 2009 at 9:24 am
How about: “I eat fellow commuters who ask me stupid questions, and then I make a sculpture out of their bones.”
Bet you’d never get asked that question again!
August 2nd, 2009 at 7:09 pm
I’ll presume that chicken answer relates back to Regan?
January 4th, 2011 at 11:27 pm
Eavesdroppers UNITE. That’s my favorite thing to do on the train. (Or any form of public transit really. Sometimes I even rock my headphones while not really listening to anything just to eavesdrop all secret-agent-like. Ha!)