We’re sitting on a blanket laid out on the grass in the park. Although the sun has set, it’s a balmy summer’s evening – warm enough to sit barefoot in shorts and t-shirt. The only chill is between us, the remnants – despite a pleasant evening and scrummy food and drink – of a somewhat fractious “discussion” earlier about politics, ethics, eugenics and “girls being a bit useless, really”. She isn’t looking at me; her gaze is fixed at a point in the distance.
“What are we going to do?” I ask.
“For God’s sake, shut up!” she says, with the kind of menace that cannot be conveyed by merely italicising the word ‘shut’, all the while staring ahead, not even bothering to look at me.
Ignoring her response, I answer my query; “The question isn’t ‘what are we going to do,’ the question is ‘what aren’t we going to do?’”
She turns to look at me and sighs.
As soon as here gaze has returned to the giant screen I ask, “If you had access to a car like this, would you take it back straight away? Neither would I.”
“It’s ‘take it back right away,’” she points out. “If you’re going to recite the dialogue in time with the movie, at least do it properly. Tsk.”
Girls: Better at remembering film dialogue than they’re prepared to admit, but still useless when it comes to knowing when the last train leaves, or indeed, where the night bus leaves from.
Song playing as this was published: Wir sind Helden - “Gekommen Um Zu Bleiben”
“girls being a bit useless, really”: you or her?
Seriously, what did you manage to say?
I’m asking this from the perspective of one who may be able to help (although the schadenfreude potential might have something to do with it).
Ferris Beullers (spelling?) day off. Not seen the movie in years, always enjoyed it and the soundtrack was excellent!
I think you are being a bit hard on the fairer sex when you say that ‘Girls are a bit useless’. Personally I’ve found them to be rather good at cooking dinners, washing clothes, ironing, and all those types of things!
Ahhh, now it all makes sense.
Anyhoo: “girls being a bit useless, really”: you or her? Are you saying I’m a girl, or useless?
Haddock: Those are shocking gender stereotypes! Shocking! Apart from anything, you completely forgot “keeping the house tidy”.
Pramila: I linked to the site with the quotes to make it easier to follow.
You should know my wife better than that by now, IAF. It’s been over a year. You should always assume that you’re the one to look after those sorts of things and leave the food and entertainment to her. Absolutely no sympathy for you.
Leslie: I’m not sure what you mean by “leave the food and entertainment to her”? The entertainment, okay, it was her who acquired the tickets to the film - but the food? Do you mean that she would have prepared a huge picnic feast that I could have gallantly offered to carry to the park in, say, a rucksack or given her 20 quid to go and get something from the food and drink concessions?
The whole point was going for the pies. I made you lunch.
And I ironed one shirt once.
And cleaned up after you threw moussaka on the floor.
To be fair, you tend to get stuck with the washing up.
INOAP: No, the whole point was going to recite lines of the film. Tch.
And I didn’t throw a bowl of mousakka on the floor, I dropped it onto the floor whilst removing it from the oven. And I have since stopped the foolish machishmo of refusing to wear oven gloves that do not match my apron.