I love people who go all "do you know that actor from that movie?" on you. They never know the name of the movie, song or actor/actress they wanna talk about - yet they INSIST on it. And we're supposed to guess who/what they're talking about.
Two recent instances I find noteworthy:
Me: What TV show?
Bf.: The one with that actor!
Bf.: The one with that actor!
Me [slightly puzzled]: What actor?
Bf. [annoyed that I didn't get it]: The one you like!
Me: ...which one? I like many.Bf. [annoyed that I didn't get it]: The one you like!
Bf. [genuinely pissed that I didn't get it at once]: Man! The one who was Robin in the movie!
Me [finally understanding, and fighting the urge of answering Chris O'Donnel just to see his reaction]: Joseph Gordon-Levitt?
Bf.: Yeah! He was in that TV show!
Me: "Third Rock From the Sun"?
Bf.: Yeah, exactly! So, in the show...
Me: Sorry honey, I'm no longer interested.
I should've said Chris O'Donnel, just for the kicks. He would've flipped.
Second instance: me and my friends talking about music and singers we consider tacky.
My Friend: And there's also that other guy!
Me: What guy?
Friend: That singer who's sooo tacky!
Me: Y...eeeeah... who?
Friend: He sang that song! From that movie!
Me [thinking "well, that's specific"]: What movie?!
Friend [narrowing it down brilliantly]: That one with Johnny Depp!
Me: Ohhh, ok. Good thing Johnny Depp has only been in ONE movie.
Friend: You jerk.
Me: Don't tell me the movie was also directed by Tim Burton. Cause that'd be too specific.
Friend: No, it wasn't, amazingly enough...
Friend: No, it wasn't, amazingly enough...
Me [paused for a moment]: Oh, You mean Bryan Adams. Yeah, he's tacky as fuck.
Friend: YES! Bryan Adams, thank you!
Everybody pauses and looks at me with that "How on EARTH did you guess that?!"
Everybody pauses and looks at me with that "How on EARTH did you guess that?!"
Me [totally reading their minds]: I'm that awesome. Sorry.
I need to use my goood memory and mind-reading skills for more productive stuff in the future. Maybe ruling the world. Who's with me?!
I need to use my goood memory and mind-reading skills for more productive stuff in the future. Maybe ruling the world. Who's with me?!
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I'd support your reign--it would be an honor to participate. :)
I'm going with educated guesses/logical deduction instead of mind reading.
Yeah, I think it's just a logical train of thought too... but it LOOKS like mind reading to everyone else, and that's what's important! ;)
The super smart seem magical to the rest of us. :)
There's a show in the US called "Psych"...about a fellow who is smart and hyper-observant, but he passes himself off as a psychic. He had to pretend to get out of a jam and then he had to stick with it.
Ricardo was here!
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