conversations

[cellio]

Another episode of "yes, we talk like this":

In a restaurant:
D: What's taking so long with my salad?
M: They're filleting your anchovies one by one.
D: They're catching my anchovies.
M: With little teeny fish-hooks.
D: They're not micro-fish.
M: Nobody does microfiche any more.

Road sign: "aggressive driving enforcement zone".
D: What does "aggressive" bind to?
M: "driving-enforcement" -- "you there, parked by the road -- shoo! shoo! This road is for driving!"

Comments

[sethg]

This is to distinguish it from the "passive-aggressive driving enforcement zone", where the cop pulls you over, trudges up to your window, sighs, and says "I suppose that even though the sign there says 35, you could drive 45 on this street, if you really have to."

[cellio]

He supposes that your poor mother [1] wouldn't be worried sick over your doing something like that -- but hey, it's your family drama to work out, so go ahead...

[1] For the younger crowd, substitute "grandmother".