If I can’t escape the conversation at that point, I just see if I can work in all of the names of the seven dwarves to entertain myself.
“Just thinking about that makes me Sleepy…” etc.
They won’t notice if it’s done well and even if they do notice, what are they gonna do?
This is so dopey I might just have to try it.
Don’t be Bashful! What’s the worst that could happen?
If you don’t pull it off well then you might make the other person kinda grumpy
It’d be a stupid way to end up getting punched.
“What happened?”
“Well Doc, it started with a boring conversation…”
Me, when learning what they do for work and they’re a mechanical engineer working on rocket thrusters for weapons, and “business is really good right now so I can’t complain”
Sometimes for the pettiest reason imaginable.
“What an annoying laugh, especially for such an unfunny joke.”
