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  1. 09-08-2014, 03:11 PM #1
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    just when you think it can't get any more.......only in Texas subthread

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    Once in a while the brain of swiss cheese sparks an appropriate response to a comment.

    At the gym today a woman on the elliptical next to me commented, to me, out of the blue, that my chest area " was "lopsided".


    When I replied that I was uneven because I had had a mastectomy due to breast cancer, she sighed and said "well a padded bra would make you look better."

    I replied that beauty doesn't need two breasts and put in my ear plugs.

    sigh....
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  2. 09-08-2014, 03:22 PM #2
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    Some people.....*shaking head*

    Seriously. What the ?@#H??
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  3. 09-08-2014, 04:02 PM #3
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    All I can say is wow... :-(
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  4. 09-08-2014, 04:31 PM #4
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    Wow!! I would be so shocked I wouldn't know what to say!

    Good grief! And how rude! Swiss cheese for a head. I like that comment.
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  5. 09-08-2014, 04:55 PM #5
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    Wow. Amazing that anyone would say that!
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    I am in awe of your aplomb -- you came up with the perfect reply.
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  8. 09-08-2014, 05:49 PM #8
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    OMG! I would have had a few things to say a lot less nice than what you said.
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  9. 09-08-2014, 06:25 PM #9
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    Well, I'd rather have a lopsided chest than $hit for brains... you ROCKED your reply to her Marni, truly. That must have really felt good... would love to have seen her reaction to it.
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  10. 09-08-2014, 07:45 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by AppleTree View Post
    Well, I'd rather have a lopsided chest than $hit for brains... you ROCKED your reply to her Marni, truly. That must have really felt good... would love to have seen her reaction to it.
    Would there be a way to throw her elliptical into reverse? The nerve. You rock!
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    Again, Wow. +1 what Apple Tree said.
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    I am thoroughly amazed at the number of people who lack brain-mouth filters.
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    That woman never got the advice I gave my own kids: You can think it, but don't say it.

    I definitely would have let a few bad words come out of my mouth in my response!
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    Personally I wouldn’t have rewarded her comments, especially the second one, with any reply....maybe just my 'yeah that's an insensitive and self absorbed comment' stare.
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  15. 09-09-2014, 11:27 AM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crankin View Post
    That woman never got the advice I gave my own kids: You can think it, but don't say it.

    I definitely would have let a few bad words come out of my mouth in my response!
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