You should have said "Thanks! It is a nice hat, and it cost me a pretty penny, I might add. Cheerio!" That would have baffled him and made him feel small. Perhaps even reflective of his short-sighted epithets.
Seems to me you have learned the local lingo. Your profs should respect you for this. Any self respecting anthropologist would have known to call the guy a jagoff.
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Ha! The "Cubs suck" standard issue insult won't work now jerks! Although I'm pretty sure I was muttering "Sox suck" as they won the world series...
You should have said "Thanks! It is a nice hat, and it cost me a pretty penny, I might add. Cheerio!" That would have baffled him and made him feel small. Perhaps even reflective of his short-sighted epithets.
Eh, fuck 'em.
Seems to me you have learned the local lingo. Your profs should respect you for this. Any self respecting anthropologist would have known to call the guy a jagoff.
I take it you're still in WI?
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