Workmen with humour.
Feb. 1st, 2008 12:18 pmToday the plumber brought the electrician and the brick-layer to go over the house and the projects together with me:
*M opens door to reveal old, disgusting bathroom*
Electrician + bricklayer: "Noooooo, why would you want to change that?"
Bricklayer: "It's retro!"
*Plumber who has seen it before is grinning*
*M opens door to reveal old, disgusting bathroom*
Electrician + bricklayer: "Noooooo, why would you want to change that?"
Bricklayer: "It's retro!"
*Plumber who has seen it before is grinning*
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Date: 2008-02-01 11:36 am (UTC)'Retro' does NOT automatically = 'good'
ETA: Okay, I just read the subject line too. Nevermind.
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Date: 2008-02-01 11:41 am (UTC)It's very subtle. When it happened, I actually went through the following thoughtprocess in like 5 miliseconds "What? Are they nuts? Oh, they're joking"