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Aborting the Snippets

Posted November 29th, 2006 by Nathan DeGraaf
Erin: I think that everybody has something that they miss almost every day of their lives.
Steve: I know what you mean. Not a day goes by that I don't miss the cartilage from my left knee.
Erin: Okay, that's not exactly what I mean.

Me: What do you mean, then?
Erin: I mean that there's a little piece of all of us that just got? let go, you know. Like we did something or said something that we can't take back and it just follows us forever.
Me: You've had an abortion haven't you?

Tony: Hey, why did that pretty girl leave this place crying, Mr. Nate?
Me: She had an abortion.
Tony: Right here in the bar?

Steve: Erin was talking about how a piece of her was missing or some such shit, so genius here jumps to the fucked up conclusion?ultimately correct though it was?that she had once had an abortion.
Tony: And you said this out loud?
Me: No, I wrote out a note and passed it to her. Of course I said it out loud.
Tony: You see, this is what people mean when they say that you're insensitive.
Steve: And rude.
Tony: And obnoxious.
Me: You guys can stop any time now.

Me: I don't see how I was being rude.
Tony: Okay, let me break this down for you from the perspective of a normal person.
Me: No offense over here or anything.
Tony: Good.

Tony: You see, there is not now, nor has their ever been a context in which it is polite for you to ask a woman if she's had an abortion. I mean, you wouldn't just walk up to a stranger and ask her if she's had an abortion, would you?
Me: Of course not.
Tony: It then follows that asking a woman if she's had an abortion is rude.
Me: I concur with that statement, but this girl all but said she had an abortion. I just read her well.
Tony: You know Mr. Nate, you can read without talking.
Steve: He got you there, fucker.
Me: Fuck off.

Me: So, how do I apologize for this?
Debbie: You don't.
Me: What do you mean? There has to be a way.
Debbie: Nate, you made a girl cry while bringing to light her past abortion. There's no card for that. Just stay away from her forever.
Me: Well, I guess that's easier than apologizing.
Debbie: You're such a dick.

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joe's picture
joe (not verified) on November 30th, 2006:

Although I enjoyed the conversation, here i thought that snippets consisted of small bits of different conversations. All you did was double space between points of the same conversation. Besides that, great post.

Lulu's picture
Lulu (not verified) on November 30th, 2006:

Your question to her was more... rhetorical. Duh.

Nathan's picture
Nathan (not verified) on November 30th, 2006:

Joe, thanks. That was technically three comversations (one before tony came in, one during, and one with debbie later on that night); granted they were all about the same thing. Sometimes, the snippets just work like that.

Thanks for having my back, Lulu.

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Mr. Cheekz (not verified) on November 30th, 2006:

I gotta say that's pretty damn impressive that you could tell that's essentially what say meant. Remind me never to play poker with you.

Bill's picture
Bill (not verified) on November 30th, 2006:

Ah dude. You come from a good place Nate you really do, but damn you're an asshole.

joe's picture
joe (not verified) on December 1st, 2006:

Yes, it was impressive. I thought she might of given a kid up for adoption but from reading nates past posts she was probably a little too young and in shape for that.

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Fletcher (not verified) on December 5th, 2006:

She practically told you she did

theres no way she could hold it against you that you guessed correctly

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