And on to lighter-hearted subjects...
Oct. 23rd, 2007 10:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beatriceeagleI fulfilled one of my life's dreams today.
I managed to successfully pull off a "My mother carries around condoms for her job" ploy. The ploy works like this.
1) I find someone who I'm friendly with, but who doesn't know me very well. (Today, I chose Steve, a new friend from physics class.)
2) Then, I breach the subject of sex and/or condoms. (That actually happened by accident; we were talking about transmission rates of AIDS in lesbians v. heterosexual couples v. gay men.)
3) I let the conversation run its course until an opening appears naturally. (Today, it was Steve mentioning that he'd seen curry-flavored condoms. First, without thinking, I asked him if he'd tried cola-flavored ones. Then I asked him where he'd found the curry, so I could tell my mother.)
4) Finally, I drop the bombshell: "My mother carries around condoms for her job."
I wait ten seconds. Ideally, the subject's eyes widen, his jaw drops, and he oh-so-hesitantly asks what my mother's job is.
That's when I explain that she works in AIDS and hep C prevention.
Today, for the first time ever, I successfully pulled off every single part of this, and it worked beautifully. I've got to say, I'm happy.
I managed to successfully pull off a "My mother carries around condoms for her job" ploy. The ploy works like this.
1) I find someone who I'm friendly with, but who doesn't know me very well. (Today, I chose Steve, a new friend from physics class.)
2) Then, I breach the subject of sex and/or condoms. (That actually happened by accident; we were talking about transmission rates of AIDS in lesbians v. heterosexual couples v. gay men.)
3) I let the conversation run its course until an opening appears naturally. (Today, it was Steve mentioning that he'd seen curry-flavored condoms. First, without thinking, I asked him if he'd tried cola-flavored ones. Then I asked him where he'd found the curry, so I could tell my mother.)
4) Finally, I drop the bombshell: "My mother carries around condoms for her job."
I wait ten seconds. Ideally, the subject's eyes widen, his jaw drops, and he oh-so-hesitantly asks what my mother's job is.
That's when I explain that she works in AIDS and hep C prevention.
Today, for the first time ever, I successfully pulled off every single part of this, and it worked beautifully. I've got to say, I'm happy.
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Date: 2007-10-24 07:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-24 10:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-24 05:13 pm (UTC)like andrea said, i love you xD
which steve was this?
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Date: 2007-10-24 07:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-25 12:11 am (UTC)they actually were talking about this on the ride home from anime club xD
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Date: 2007-10-25 02:49 am (UTC)