A back-slapping shout-out to use on those people in your life who look like human beings, act like human beings, but every time they open their mouths it becomes clearer that they're from another planet. Thanks to Jerry, Elaine landed the chance to rent an apartment in his building--a gesture he soon regretted when he… Continue reading “You’re a great guy. I love you, but you’re a pod.”
Month: August 2010
“I’m an old man. I’m confused!”
A proud confession--for young and old alike--for those times when you do something wrong and, at that moment, "I screwed up!" doesn't sound as compelling as "I've fallen and I can't get up!" Jerry's Uncle Leo swiped a few books at a bookstore and Jerry happened to see him do it. When Jerry alerted the store… Continue reading “I’m an old man. I’m confused!”
“Something’s missing alright.”
An under-the-breath observation to make when confronted with someone who doesn’t understand why the pieces of the puzzle before them don’t fit. But you understand. When George’s parents joined him and his fiancee, Susan Ross, for dinner with Susan’s parents, the cornish game hen they were eating set Mr. Costanza to pondering aloud which bird—the… Continue reading “Something’s missing alright.”
“I would lose that.”
A decisive comeback to use on anyone who drops a tired expression into a conversation. When a trivial conversation sidetracked Jerry and Elaine from talking to George about his piano-playing girlfriend, George cut in with a Can we cut to the chase? "Cut to the chase?" Jerry mocked. "Who are you, Joe Hollywood?" George had an answer for… Continue reading “I would lose that.”
“We mustn’t disturb the delicate genius!”
A cutting comeback to make of those people you must deal with because they have a specialty (medicine, law, etc.), and they go and do something that reminds you they’re not that special. A pain in George’s arm led him to seek the medical attention of Elaine’s physical therapist friend, Wendy. When he missed an… Continue reading “We mustn’t disturb the delicate genius!”
“Is it alright if I go to the bathroom now?!”
An illustrative observation to use on married couples who've taken the “We’re two people who’ve become one” so far that they need to be taken to school on a few subjects—like biology. Jerry and George made a pact to grow up, which included getting married: George would look up a former flame who still dazzled him;… Continue reading “Is it alright if I go to the bathroom now?!”
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