Whitty remarks.. | ADHD Information
You know I come up with the best whitty remarks, Sadly its always five minutes after the opertunity to use them.
Someone says something to zing me and get a rise. Of course I am too nieve to realize it, and everyone chuckles. Everyone disbands, and the whitty remark of all time comes to me. DOH
I have the worse social reflexes.
It makes me look foolish and gulable, and slow witted.
I hate that...
I have learn't though you can bluff. Like if it looks like the cracked a joke at my expenise I will stop and look at them disaprovingly not moving creating an odd silence. Then I will ask "are you done?" after a moment I would say "Good, then lets put the toys away and pretend we are adults, okay."
YOu have to do this with a real seriuos face, not like your mad, but like you can't believe someone could be that immature.
This oddly works rather well, it kind of calls the immaturity of the comment to light in front of everyone.
Its the only real come back I seem to remember all the time, used it several times, but never on the same person. If I have to, I change it, and say, "see there you go again. You just don't learn, are you done? Good, then lets put the toys away and pretend we are adults again.
I know its not much, but it is effective so far.
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I don't know how to stop myself either, tips?
/Kaks
[/QUOTE]Me neither. I tell myself almost every morning, shut the heck up today.
Never works.
I work with people so unlike me, I wonder what they think of my constant prattle very often.
I know I am considered eye opening unusual, but in a good or bad way I cannot tell.
Here's a few very easy to remember ones that work like a charm. If they are going to act like children treat them that way. And in a very "preschool teacher" voice say........
Oh wow, did you come up with that one all by yourself?
Or
My goodness, that was a good one, your mother must be so proud of you.
Be sure and say them as sweet as can be and with a big smile on your face. Pat them on the back and then walk away still smiling. Nothing pisses people off more than when they don't get a reaction from you. Or at least the reaction they were looking for.
I like it! Works for me.
I can't ever think of a quick come back either. Sometimes it's the thing I will lay in bed at night thinking about. (Now why couldn't you have thought of that earlier?)
Sometimes shortly after I'll think of a good one and then argue with myself, say it, no, say it, no!!!
Or they will say something to me and wait for my response, but I don't have one and end up just smiling, looking like the fool.
I have the opposite problem, I don't have time to think, it just blur out of me. I'm very cynical and negative in my comments. I think it's funny to put out those thoughts to an extreme. But mostly ppl take it the wrong way and I look like an a**hole. I don't know how to stop myself either, tips?
/Kaks
I call them back and zing' em...Daytime, on meds, I am bristling with verbal weaponry and I can draw and fire quickly. Scary quick.
If it's a funny zinger at my expense though, I just laugh.