Tuesday
Nov202007
Conversations
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 03:52AM
Excerpts from last night...
Shannon: So do you think you'll come with me?
Brad: Maybe.
S: Okay.
B: But maybe not.
S: Um, I know. Maybe means maybe you will, maybe you won't.
B: No. Maybe definitely has a positive connotation.
S: I don't think so, I think it gives equal possibility to both options.
B: No, when I was a kid and I'd ask my mom for a toy, if she said maybe, I got really excited. Because that meant she was thinking about getting it for me.
S: Right, but if she didn't get it for you, you couldn't be disappointed because she said maybe, not probably.
B: Actually I'd be really disappointed if she said maybe and then didn't buy it.
S: That's your own fault then. Maybe means maybe yes and maybe no. It's your problem if you think maybe means yes, and I don't think anyone should ever feel bad for disappointing you.
B: Well I guess it's a good thing everyone else isn't as mean as you.
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Shannon: Okay I need to find an advent calendar. I know they have them here.
Emily: A what?
S: An advent calendar.
E: Are you sure you're saying that right?
S: Advent calendar. Yeah. Why, what do you think it is?
E: Um, event calendar?
[Later]
E to punk kid store employee: Excuse me, do you know what an advent calendar is?
PKSE: Yeah, we have some nice wooden ones in the last aisle.
E (whispering to S): How the hell does he know what an advent calendar is and I don't?
Shannon: So do you think you'll come with me?
Brad: Maybe.
S: Okay.
B: But maybe not.
S: Um, I know. Maybe means maybe you will, maybe you won't.
B: No. Maybe definitely has a positive connotation.
S: I don't think so, I think it gives equal possibility to both options.
B: No, when I was a kid and I'd ask my mom for a toy, if she said maybe, I got really excited. Because that meant she was thinking about getting it for me.
S: Right, but if she didn't get it for you, you couldn't be disappointed because she said maybe, not probably.
B: Actually I'd be really disappointed if she said maybe and then didn't buy it.
S: That's your own fault then. Maybe means maybe yes and maybe no. It's your problem if you think maybe means yes, and I don't think anyone should ever feel bad for disappointing you.
B: Well I guess it's a good thing everyone else isn't as mean as you.
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Shannon: Okay I need to find an advent calendar. I know they have them here.
Emily: A what?
S: An advent calendar.
E: Are you sure you're saying that right?
S: Advent calendar. Yeah. Why, what do you think it is?
E: Um, event calendar?
[Later]
E to punk kid store employee: Excuse me, do you know what an advent calendar is?
PKSE: Yeah, we have some nice wooden ones in the last aisle.
E (whispering to S): How the hell does he know what an advent calendar is and I don't?
Reader Comments (3)
HA! Emily=priceless.
Oh, maybe for me always had a negative connotation for me. Unfortunately. Maybe, in my world always meant, "No, but I just don't have the guts to say no right now because it might get me in trobule."
Ha! Emily. That is so something I would do/say.
What the f&*$ is an advent calendar?
Also maybe = Yes... in 20 minutes.