2.22.2005

a passage that made me laugh...b/c truth and I have had a very, very similar conversation

"But, what is wrong with you? You shouldn't be so---so calm, while I am a nervous wreck. Have you done this sort of thing before?"
"Sure are you kidding? I'm a pilot, I've eaten dinner all over the world."
"Not dinner, you idiot!" I know you've had dinner before! What, are you retarded?"
"Okay, now everyone is looking. You can't just say 'retarded' in public like that---people take offence, because, you know, many of them are. You're supposed to say 'developmentally disabled.'"