absolutely true conversation:
Oct. 3rd, 2005 05:55 pmboy with clipboard, approaching me as i walk up cornmarket street with obvious don't-talk-to-me purpose: Excuse me, are you a vegetarian?
me, carrying on walking: Nope.
boy with clipboard, as i pass by without even stopping: You look like a vegetarian.
i'm going to choose to believe it means "i notice that you have long straight hair and are not wearing any makeup, which could i suppose make you some sort of leftover hippie-type person, and in my desperation to get someone to sign my petition i'm going to equate 'hippie-type person' with 'vegetarian', hey, where are you going?" because otherwise, i'm not sure what "you look like a vegetarian" means, when said to someone wearing a leather jacket.
me, carrying on walking: Nope.
boy with clipboard, as i pass by without even stopping: You look like a vegetarian.
i'm going to choose to believe it means "i notice that you have long straight hair and are not wearing any makeup, which could i suppose make you some sort of leftover hippie-type person, and in my desperation to get someone to sign my petition i'm going to equate 'hippie-type person' with 'vegetarian', hey, where are you going?" because otherwise, i'm not sure what "you look like a vegetarian" means, when said to someone wearing a leather jacket.