Post by similar on Dec 2, 2009 16:31:37 GMT -5
I have been manning a market stall every day for a couple of weeks now in Nottingham selling my bonsai.
The other traders are a friendly bunch. I think they consider me a bit odd, mainly I think because I grow bonsai, which not all of them can get their head round, but also because I read books when I am not busy.
This evening whilst several of us were chatting the lady who sells soap and twigs next to me out of the blue asked me if I roleplayed. Not being in the company of other gamers I avoided the question by first answering “roleplay?” and secondly asking “Why? Do I look like I do?”. The others then went onto to explore the humour of it being a sexual question, but she soldiered on explaining it was a type of game with dice. So then they were “Oh right, pretending you’re a dwarf creeping about and stuff” and continued laughing about the preposterousness of it all. I thought it would be fine, laugh along, then talk about something else without actually answering the question .
Then she asked “anyway do you?” and against my better judgement instead of instantly lying I said “Yeah, I do actually.” That was it. They were almost literally rolling about in the street. She then continued to try and actually have a discussion about: which games, where I played etc. While I stood there dying just trying to end the conversation as soon as possible because everyone else was taking the piss.
So now I count as even more strange and they have even more ammunition for teasing me.
The other traders are a friendly bunch. I think they consider me a bit odd, mainly I think because I grow bonsai, which not all of them can get their head round, but also because I read books when I am not busy.
This evening whilst several of us were chatting the lady who sells soap and twigs next to me out of the blue asked me if I roleplayed. Not being in the company of other gamers I avoided the question by first answering “roleplay?” and secondly asking “Why? Do I look like I do?”. The others then went onto to explore the humour of it being a sexual question, but she soldiered on explaining it was a type of game with dice. So then they were “Oh right, pretending you’re a dwarf creeping about and stuff” and continued laughing about the preposterousness of it all. I thought it would be fine, laugh along, then talk about something else without actually answering the question .
Then she asked “anyway do you?” and against my better judgement instead of instantly lying I said “Yeah, I do actually.” That was it. They were almost literally rolling about in the street. She then continued to try and actually have a discussion about: which games, where I played etc. While I stood there dying just trying to end the conversation as soon as possible because everyone else was taking the piss.
So now I count as even more strange and they have even more ammunition for teasing me.
