This is one of those things that turns me from a normal, approximately civilised person into a raving maniac who would like nothing better than to start removing eyeballs with teaspoons and hurling them in the nearest rubbish bin. (The eyeballs, not the teaspoons. I expect those could be washed and used again. No point being wasteful, after all.)

Picture the scene. You're at a party or something, chatting with a couple of mates about meaningful and worthwhile philosophical matters. Oh alright, chatting about buying an old Volvo for £200 and driving it off a jump ramp until it breaks. Doesn't matter - the point is, you've got an interesting conversation going.

The kind of person who you'd suspect describes themselves as "wacky" or, worse, "random" sidles up.

"HURRRR I JUST LOST THE GAME HURRRR!"
"That's nice... so, anyway (turns back to friends), there's one on eBay motors I've got my eye on..."
"NO DON'T YOU GET IT I LOST THE GAME GUYS!"
"Right..."
"YOU'VE HEARD OF THE GAME?"
"No. None of us care."
"IT'S LIKE THIS THING, RIGHT, WHERE YOU TRY NOT TO THINK..."

Go away. Please. If you really must do this, at least have the decency to be honest about it and interrupt by saying, "hey everyone, stop what you're doing and pay attention to me!". Or maybe joining in the social activity rather than trying to steamroller through it with the conversational equivalent of a zany tie at a formal dinner, I don't know.
(Timberwolf, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 0:06, 1 reply)

I have clicked your reply.
I am aware that this will achieve little.

The above act was performed in appreciation of the phrase "approximately civilised".

That is all.
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 10:53, closed)