You know, sometimes, speaking a particular phrase or sentence can be misinterpreted. It might be due to the ineptitude of one of the people communicating. Or sometimes, it's just that the language isn't clear enough and is open to different interpretations.
In the newspaper i read, "The Hindu", a comic strip titled "Tiger" runs almost daily. And such language based jokes are quite common in this strip.
Recently, i had a similar experience. It was a simple enough phrase, but i guess the person i was speaking to was never exposed to it or maybe i wasn't being sarcastic enough!
So the conversation went like this.
The person i was talking to (I dont want to mention his/ her name, as it might cause severe embarrassment for them. What, with all the millions of people reading my blog!) was talking about how they weren't able to sleep due to an old friend of mine called insomnia.
This person was aware (unlike you, maybe) that once upon a time (there lived a man) who couldn't sleep. And I'm guessing that you have guessed that this man is none other than yours faithfully. So in an attempt at sarcasm, i told the person "Yeah, tell me about it!".
Which of course was not understood by the person in question. So the person started describing all the things which i know happen when people have insomnia.
Kicking myself for my love of sarcasm, i had to listen to him/ her blab about it for almost 10 minutes. And then, i couldn't resist myself, and said, "I did not know that!". I almost rolled my eyes. Almost.
In the newspaper i read, "The Hindu", a comic strip titled "Tiger" runs almost daily. And such language based jokes are quite common in this strip.
Recently, i had a similar experience. It was a simple enough phrase, but i guess the person i was speaking to was never exposed to it or maybe i wasn't being sarcastic enough!
So the conversation went like this.
The person i was talking to (I dont want to mention his/ her name, as it might cause severe embarrassment for them. What, with all the millions of people reading my blog!) was talking about how they weren't able to sleep due to an old friend of mine called insomnia.
This person was aware (unlike you, maybe) that once upon a time (there lived a man) who couldn't sleep. And I'm guessing that you have guessed that this man is none other than yours faithfully. So in an attempt at sarcasm, i told the person "Yeah, tell me about it!".
Which of course was not understood by the person in question. So the person started describing all the things which i know happen when people have insomnia.
Kicking myself for my love of sarcasm, i had to listen to him/ her blab about it for almost 10 minutes. And then, i couldn't resist myself, and said, "I did not know that!". I almost rolled my eyes. Almost.
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