A total stranger? Probably nothing. But someone I’ve perhaps just met and talking to because of where I’m from and what I’ve done. Especially when I mention having worked for the U.S. Dept. of State. Almost without exception people ask some variation of: “Were you a spy?” or “Were you CIA?” I plan to start answering ‘yes’ after we move. Also, being from Alaska can elicit various questions, the dumbest of which is “Oh, my friend Bill Smith lives there; do you know him?” or “Do you know Sarah Palin?”
From MAD Magazine’s “Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions”:
Identical twin boys, identically dressed, both wearing glasses – the mother is asked, “Are they twins?” The answer: “No, they’re a pair of identical strangers!”
The baby. Cause when a baby is out in public people lose all fucking sense of personal space and boundaries.
I wouldn’t trust that site either! Never in my life have I (an American) heard the phrase “petty wares.” And I’m old.
Is it haberdashery then, also in American English?
People ask me for directions a lot. I also get a lot of comments on my hair. When I straightened my hair, nobody cared, but now that my hair is very large, and very curly, I get comments on it all the time. I also sometimes put my hair in super long braids, which people comment on all the time. I get stray comments on my clothes.
My mask collection is pretty decent. Lots of comments on some of my ridiculous masks. Hey, if I have to wear this stupid thing, might as well enjoy it.
Hey, welcome back @MeanOldLady ! I missed you.
Hey, hi! Way to make an old gal feel loved. There are so many distracting places on the internet now, I guess I forgot about this one. Good to see you guys.
Here’s an option.
Hey, MeanOldLady!!! Long time no see!!!
Aww, shucks…
You are quite right! I’ve been hammering down the face on 203-207’s for so long, its just a question of muscle memory at this point. I don’t think I could ‘relearn’ to ski on the new equipment, and don’t really see any reason to. I’m having a ball!
Anything different would likely cause a flayrod to go out a’skew on Tredle!
Good to have you home.
I’m so ordinary looking that people stop me in the street and comment on it.
“Hey”, they say, “I love that ordinary thing you have going. There’s just nothing about you worth commenting on.”
I have a weird way of breathing. I take a lot of shallow breaths and then a deep breath which sometimes comes out like a sigh. I wasn’t even aware that I did this until people starting asking if I was ok, was something wrong, was I sad. I’m more mindful of it now but if it happens, I laugh and tell them I’m fine, it’s just how I breathe.
People also comment on my name. Well, not comment so much as sing a line from one of two songs that mention my name. Like they are so clever and I’ve never heard that before.
I’m around 6’8" and 300 lbs. Lots of ‘did you play basketball?’ questions. But the fun ones are if I walk up behind someone in a line, etc, and they turn around and find themselves looking me in the solar plexus. Usually they are just quietly startled, but a couple of women let out a fair shreik. Meh. Short people.
I’ve been getting that too, since I was a little kid. I used to really hate it when friends of my parents thought that it was so fun and clever to sing the songs with my name and make me cringe.
And my birthday falls on a big calendar holiday. People who look at my ID with my birthdate often say “Oh you’re born on XYZ holiday!!” Sometime I think I’ll reply with “Oh, really, I didn’t know that!” and see how they respond. They probably won’t get the sarcasm, though, so it’s not worth it.
Mr Smoketoomuch is that you?
Lol no 
It’s much more like “Michelle ma belle these are words that go together well.”
It could have been worse. A boy cousin named George used to get “Hey there Georgy girl” all the time when that song was popular.
Nice! Especially the wood skis…gorgeous! I think it’s awesome you are still skiing on both pairs, I would be too if I had those.
[quote=“Dinsdale, post:40, topic:962681, full:true”]Unless I’m carrying my upright bass. Then everyone thinks they have a clever comment I’ve never heard before! 
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Same for me and the Celtic harp.
"Is it a dead body?”
Hysterical.
This is a mundane one, but it sticks out to me as almost nobody ever comments on my fashion sense. One day I was at Target and a woman came up to me and said “Damn! Those are some nice kicks!” It took me a second to process, but she was commenting on my Converse throwback style lowtop blue-and-yellow sneakers these guys here.. Nothing fancy. Nothing too expensive. Not a pair of Jordans. I like them because they look cool: clean contrasting colors, simple chevron logo, not ostentatious like most basketball sneakers are these days. I just smiled and said “thanks!” and was on my way. (And, no, she definitely was not flirting with me.) I also had a pair of Ilie Nastase Adidas sneakers that were similarly simple that I also got complimented on one or two times out of the blue. I generally try to exist as a “gray man”, but for some reason, those two shoes stood out to people. (Side gripe: Why the hell can’t I get simple looking shoes like that anymore? Give me a nice color or two, simple graphics like the Adidas stripes or Converse chevron-and-star, and I’m good to go. I don’t like the Nike swoosh, so they’re all out.)