I Use Words to Make Funny
The other night I was at a business dinner….the guy sitting next to me was an executive at Ogilvy, the advertising agency. The woman next to him was this older woman, and here’s how their conversation went:
Woman: What do you do?
Man: I’m an advertising executive. What about you?
Woman: I’m a nurse at a correctional facility, and I specialize in infectious disease control. I teach inmates how to live with things like HIV, AIDS, and tuberculosis.
<This is the part where I do a spit take of my water, then there’s a looooong silence as everyone tries to think of an appropriate, dinner party friendly next step of the conversation.>
Me: Butter? Anyone?
The whole time I’m like "Please don’t let her tell a funny, work-related anecdote….PLEASE."