Today, at the dentist’s office, when I was rinsing after having a cavity filled, the dental hygienist says to me, “You’re a good spitter.” Strangely puzzled, as I consider myself only an average spitter, I thanked her and asked what she meant. Apparently some people make quite a mess when rinsing and spitting into the little funnel-shapped suction thing. I, on the other hand, got all my spit into the thing.
I’ve also been told (by a fellow doper, as a matter of fact) that I’d look good bald and that I have the face to carry it off.
Well, the time the little kid in the bookstore I worked at said “Thank you, sir” after I rang up his purchase was a little unnerving, seeing I couldn’t have been 10 years older than him. The first time someone ever called me “sir” when they didn’t have to.
That I remember: “You have model teeth.” Meaning that all my teeth are healthy and placed where they should be…without the help of braces. The dentists and detal assistants say that.
I’ve also been told my teeth are beautiful, by a clarinet teacher.
“Open your mouth”
“Eh?”
“Let me see your teeth”
“Ok”
“Beautiful”
The reason she wanted to look was that my clarinet doesn’t sit in the middle of my mouth and she was checking to see if my mouth was particularly deformed. But what can you do?
My clarinet still sits that way but at least I try to fix it.
Strange due to the circumstances, and not intended as a compliment, I’m sure:
Ex- wife, after loading her car with personal belongings for her final departure, gets in car, starts it, sticks head out car window and yells: “It’s too bad, the only thing you’re worth a damn at doesn’t pay anything.”
Speaking as a librarian, gallows fodder, that’s definitely only a compliment when it’s coming from a librarian!
I guess mine would be being told, “you don’t look like a librarian!” I get this frequently–from non-librarians, of course
The only other one that I recall being totally stunned at was by my ENT, “magnificent! You have tonsils the size of golf balls!” He seemed really pleased when he said it–almost made me want to keep them, but I didn’t.
