My younger Sister is a librarianand yes, to make matters worse she is breaking out in twinsets and cats

Unfortunately a few times a month i'll meet people who knew her at school/brownies/church and who also know I am her big brother.

HOW the sweet hell should i answer the inevitable 'and hows your Sis these days?' questions.

Sorry but I'm too cowardly to tell the truth and usually i end up mumbling something about 'fine, she is out of rehab and the police have dropped the soliciting charges'.

I really wish she'd picked an honest career, something that didn't blackened her family's name

How would you deal with this?

I could only imagine the given situation, I would probably just tell them that she has really gathered things up and is doing quite well and then subtly change the topic or something, I wouldn't have the ability to 'down-speak' my family to anyone?

Sorry for the dim-witted response, its a challenging situation.

I have no idea what you're talking about

quote:Originally posted by rabbitweed:

I have no idea what you're talking about

I think hes saying hes embarrassed that his sister is a librarian :S

I think you need to stop worrying about your sister's life, Jack.

If she's happy doing what she wants to do, then leave her be. If you cannot accept her for being happy with something that's not rather glamorous, then you're a bad brother.

Oh, and librarians fucking ROCK. I don't know about you, Jack, but I value places of learning, and those that keep them stocked and together.

Set me up, MANG!

Passing it off as "fine" and "Yeah she's alright" seem to work when people ask about my useless, drug abusing bitch of a sister.

Also a "Woah, look at that!" after you've said something can work well for changing the topic!

quote:Originally posted by Gus:

I think you need to stop worrying about your sister's life, Jack.

If she's happy doing what she wants to do, then leave her be. If you cannot accept her for being happy with something that's not rather glamorous, then you're a bad brother.

Oh, and librarians fucking ROCK. I don't know about you, Jack, but I value places of learning, and those that keep them stocked and together.

Set me up, MANG!

Ook?

OOOooook!

Do they offer some sort of witness relocation over there jack?

Seriously, is librarian slang for serial killer or something?

quote:Originally posted by rabbitweed:

Seriously, is librarian slang for serial killer or something?The way he talked about it, I thought librarian was slang for prostitute or something!

quote:Originally posted by oc6:

Do they offer some sort of witness relocation over there jack?



Yes but strictly speaking being in "possession of a Dewey system with intent" isn't actually an offence

Neither is using a date stamp with malice aforethought.

Fucking liberals are ruining this country!



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quote:Originally posted by psycho_8b:

Passing it off as "fine" and "Yeah she's alright" seem to work when people ask about my useless, drug abusing bitch of a sister.

Also a "Woah, look at that!" after you've said something can work well for changing the topic!



btw people, this is why I posted this thread. Kinda assumed that everyone would pick up on what I really meant.

quote:Originally posted by jackketch:



btw people, this is why I posted this thread. Kinda assumed that everyone would pick up on what I really meant.Fraid not.. it's the morning after quite a bit of drinking etc and I'm slow as a slug.

quote:Originally posted by jackketch:



btw people, this is why I posted this thread. Kinda assumed that everyone would pick up on what I really meant.

It wasn't clear whether she was on drugs...or needed to be on drugs...

i just answer she/he is fine to any questions about family or friends of mine, to any family or friends of mine, and id like it if people would do the same for me.

I dont want a bunch of people i havent met knowing things i havent told them. Similarly tis not my place to decide if a friend of mine would watn me telling some random guy exactly whats going on in their life.

plus it makes for shit conversation anyway.

I cant fucking stand it when people ask those bland polite yet intrusive questions!



When people ask "sooo!!! HOw's you're BROTHER?!" (yep, they shout the last bit)

I respond with "yes!"

quote:Originally posted by yoyobek:

I cant fucking stand it when people ask those bland polite yet intrusive questions!



When people ask "sooo!!! HOw's you're BROTHER?!" (yep, they shout the last bit)

I respond with "yes!"

What's even worse is when i'm out with my crippled kid (in a wheelchair) and they ask me how he is!

quote:Originally posted by jackketch:

What's even worse is when i'm out with my crippled kid (in a wheelchair) and they ask me how he is!

Jesus fucking christ!

I hope he kicks them all in the balls for doing shit like that.



It's like when a person in a wheelchair comes into the shop with a carer, and my manager allways pushes in to serve wheelchair users so she can show off how 'pc' she is.

And she'll completely ignore the person in the wheelchair, and talk to the carer, even when the person in the wheelchair is sitting there with a product and holding the money!

That really gets to me. It's as though her mentality is 'You're in a wheelchair. You dont get to pay for things yourself or have rights! Now shut the fuck up and sit there quietly whilst I jump between patronising you and ignoring you'

Maybe you should phone your sister and find out from her what it is you should tell people when they ask.

quote:Originally posted by yoyobek:

I hope he kicks them all in the balls for doing shit like that.

...uh...

I agree with the sentiment!

quote:Originally posted by jackketch:

What's even worse is when i'm out with my crippled kid (in a wheelchair) and they ask me how he is!

I bet I could take your son in a fist fight.

quote:Originally posted by SlapinFoFun:

I bet I could take your son in a fist fight.

Ya think?

You forget that despite having fucked up legs (a medical term) he is still a true born son of Ketch.

Someone the other day made the mistake of attacking his girlfriend...

ooops!

quote:Originally posted by jackketch:



Someone the other day made the mistake of attacking his girlfriend...

ooops!



Jack, leave his girlfriends alone now...

quote:Originally posted by oc6:

Jack, leave his girlfriends alone now...

Anyone know how i can get the coffee spray from out of my laptop keyboard?...think its gone all the way in

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quote:Originally posted by jackketch:

Anyone know how i can get the coffee spray form out of my laptop keyboard?...think its gone all the way in

Bounty....the quicker picker upper!!!

Good for all sorts of....messes....

quote:Originally posted by oc6:

Bounty....the quicker picker upper!!!

Good for all sorts of....messes....



Nah there's something classy about crunchy socks :P

i dont know why you are being so vague, this is pissing me off.

Jesus, you should get them to go "Ask him yourself" *nodding to the child*. Sounds like whenever people want to know whether you're protestant or catholic and go "so what football team you support?"

"I don't, it's a load of sectarian bollocks."

I'm off to stuff my lizard, if yuh get me.

quote:Originally posted by ZeroMalarki:

Sounds like whenever people want to know whether you're protestant or catholic and go "so what football team you support?"

"I don't follow the foreign sports" (as the GAA call saxonball)

say it proudly, like it's the most badass occupation out there. "she's a mother f-ing librarian!"

90% of librarians i've met are fucking bonkers, so you've got good reason to be worried! They end up mumbling to me about cards, plastic bags, what they are for lunch and their family, as well as some questions about how I got to the library etc etc...

Yes, it's wierd and disconcerting...

I guess you could always say "She works with computers in a library", hence you don't need to utter "librarian", but you're not fully lying!

Or just screw what everyone else thinks? Most of 'em probably think librarians are normal

Ook

quote:

Oh, and librarians fucking ROCK. I don't know about you, Jack, but I value places of learning, and those that keep them stocked and together.

Set me up, MANG! [/B]

Agreed!

Except for the "set me up" bit.

jacko, for you...i'll bang her.

quote:Originally posted by jackketch:

Ook?

OOOooook!

You confuse me you bloody British.

quote:Originally posted by Gus:

You confuse me you bloody British.

It's a terry pratchet reference. There's some kind of orangutan librarian that says 'ook'.

quote:Originally posted by rabbitweed:

It's a terry pratchet reference. There's some kind of orangutan librarian that says 'ook'.



You have just redeemed yourself in my eyes.

What I got out of that was, "My sister is a reformed drug user/prostitute, that now works as a librarian." Honestly, we kinda need a description, is she like... Adrian from Rocky I?

Nonetheless, you can just tell the person asking to piss off.

Or you can just say, "She's doing well, as far as I know." So it seems like you're not too close, so people won't associate you as to her as much?

You're flippin' confusing.

:::EDIT::: Fuck spelling. Fuck having my mind thinking about other stuff.

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quote:Originally posted by met_B_A_N_S:

What I got out of that was, "My sister is a reformed drug user/prostitute, that now works as a librarian." Honestly, we kinda need a description, is she like... Adrian from Rocky I?

Nonetheless, you can just tell the person asking to piss off.

Or you can just say, "She's doing well, as far as I know." So it seems like you're not too close, so people won't associate you as to her as much?

You're flippin' confusing.

:::EDIT::: Fuck spelling. Fuck having my mind thinking about other stuff.



You really are confused. I doubt my sister has ever done any drug stronger than aspirin and she's real old fashioned about boys....i mean biblically old fashioned.

Trust me , she makes a nun look slutty.

No shit, my sister is doing library work at some place in London. She studied classics at Oxford and also did coin cataloguing for the Ashmolean. What a geek.. I'm still proud of her, I tell anybody who'll listen. Plus it makes people think I'm more of a dark horse. But yea she's happy so