This one-liner comes courtesy of a friend and fellow writer who writes fabulous modern fantasies under the name of Eli Cobb.
She reported the following conversation between a friend/relative of hers and the waitress at an unnamed restaurant.
Friend/relative: What’s this oily milky liquid my egg is in?
Waitress:
I don’t know, but I’m sure it’s fine.
Yeah, uh-huh, I would be like, “You don’t know what your tip is going to be, either, but I hope you’re fine with nothing. Is nothing fine?”
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Dan Antion
August 8, 2018 at 11:06amEeeeeew
Marian Allen
August 8, 2018 at 11:19amI know, right?!?
Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt
August 8, 2018 at 4:33pmYou just have to laugh at what people say when they don’t think first how it will be received.
Marian Allen
August 9, 2018 at 8:01amLOL Yes, I’m sure she intended to be reassuring, but it just didn’t work. heh
Holly J
August 8, 2018 at 5:41pmI’d have handed the waitress a fork and said, “You first, then.”
Marian Allen
August 9, 2018 at 8:02amLOL! The chef probably had a cookbook from the Living Library of Llannonn, but it misspoke. Oops!
Deborah
August 8, 2018 at 10:47pmYuk!
Marian Allen
August 9, 2018 at 8:02amYou said it!
joey
August 9, 2018 at 9:07pmThat’s grody. Great lines.
Marian Allen
August 10, 2018 at 1:19pmThat egg sounded so nasty! It probably WAS okay. It was probably a mix of butter and uncooked white from an egg put in to cook just as this one was taken off the pan, but still….