On Dec 5, 2006, at 12:30, Bryan Derksen wrote:
Ah, hell. It wasn't even intended to be; my
local group of male
friends
here in real life use the "are you saying I'm fat?" mock-offense thing
back and forth quite often between us. The joke was supposed to
just be
that it was a complete non-sequitur.
Okay, good. I've heard that line used to make fun of women's concerns
before, so perhaps I was a little quick to respond...
I guess in hindsight it is somewhat appropriate that my line poking fun
at people getting offended as a result of misunderstanding would itself
be misunderstood and cause offence. My bad, hopefully next time I make
an attempt to defuse tension with humour I'll be less clumsy about it.