tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15726646.post113898023409740674..comments2024-01-29T16:15:16.537-05:00Comments on David Scrimshaw's Blog: Happy Fish or Cut Bait DayDavid Scrimshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04714106408606785482noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15726646.post-1139256374262837282006-02-06T15:06:00.000-05:002006-02-06T15:06:00.000-05:00Accidental Altruist, "This isn't working for me" i...Accidental Altruist, <I>"This isn't working for me"</I> is a good one. And thank you for the dumpling offer. You know what I found in the back of the freezer last night? 14 Dumplings.<BR/><BR/>Working on Happy, I appreciate your compliments. But please don't feel that you have to agree with my friends. There's always room for diversity of opinion.David Scrimshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04714106408606785482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15726646.post-1139237228205953192006-02-06T09:47:00.000-05:002006-02-06T09:47:00.000-05:00I think my standard (after a few years of lava dat...I think my standard (after a few years of lava dating) became, "This isn't working for me."<BR/><BR/>It sounds harsh now that I've got some distance from that phase of my life but at the time it made a whole heckuva lotta sense.accidental altruisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12458863095238706290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15726646.post-1139201965213027572006-02-05T23:59:00.000-05:002006-02-05T23:59:00.000-05:00You could always say "Let's just be skating buddie...You could always say "Let's just be skating buddies" and then cement your new friendship over a beavertail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15726646.post-1139187017156673552006-02-05T19:50:00.000-05:002006-02-05T19:50:00.000-05:00Gee, everyone is so pragmatic, statistically speak...Gee, everyone is so pragmatic, statistically speaking.<BR/><BR/>If I was seeing someone right now and tiring of the thing, I might wait until the end of Febrruary. That way I'd be sure to have someone to go skating with on the canal, which is always more fun with a friend.S https://www.blogger.com/profile/00522121613765078356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15726646.post-1138996164769169492006-02-03T14:49:00.000-05:002006-02-03T14:49:00.000-05:00Well, I always copped out and just used the "We ne...Well, I always copped out and just used the "We need to talk" line. Maybe I prefaced it with some hemming and hawing and "I've been thinking...", and maybe even made a point of being a little distant for a couple of days beforehand, just so he wouldn't think everything was going swimmingly (and it also mostly avoided those awkard situations where I'd be saying "We need to talk" at the exact same moment he was producing from behind his back a dozen roses or an engagement ring).<BR/><BR/>But now that I know about Fish or Cut Bait Day, I guess I could just send him a card...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com