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SCATS is involved in a lover's quarrel
posted Dec 2, 2010
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I love east coaster cultural lessons from Stowe! His more-or-less obsession with talk radio just so he can get a fix of forehead vein-popping heated conversation (a.k.a. yelling) was just the start of my Atlantic Coast centric education. My other favorite is the ample use of "fuck you" (heretofore acronymized as "FU").
Anytime we're sitting around with friends at our favorite bar if, say in a conversation like the one above, someone like me is doing that youngest thing and being a bit of a pill, there might be a fifth frame to this comic reading simply "Hey, FU buddy," and we'd all have a good laugh. Oh, Stowe means it, don't get me wrong, but he's also calling it like it is: I was being an ass. It's probably an inflection or pronounciation thing but it doesn't come out as threatening at all really. We usually get a good laugh and now I try to work it in where ever the context makes sense.
For you, dear reader and SCATS loyalist, a lesson:
"Hey Kevin, do you want an IPA?"
"Hey, FU buddy! Hahaha..." CORRECT!
"At least that one don't's got's a butterface!"
"Hey, FU buddy! Hahaha..." CORRECT! See? It's simple. Now for some harder ones.
"Hey, umm, was that your scooter out there? If so, I just hit it with my Hummer."
"Hey, FU buddy, let's take this outside and swap insurance." CORRECT! But, in the case you have no insurance, you could've also said, "...let's take this outside so I can go all New Jersey on your ass!"
"Here, try a slice of this year's Thanksgiving turkey."
"FU buddy, that's a great bird!" CORRECT! It's even appropriate in a family setting and for holidays!
And on and on from there. Stay tuned, I'm sure, for more from Stowe's East Coast Culture 101 or feel free to join us most Monday nights at The Red Hot in Tacoma for a dose!
K^F
P.S. - I want to go to there: Pat's King of Steaks (but not the website, that sucks, the actual place)
Anytime we're sitting around with friends at our favorite bar if, say in a conversation like the one above, someone like me is doing that youngest thing and being a bit of a pill, there might be a fifth frame to this comic reading simply "Hey, FU buddy," and we'd all have a good laugh. Oh, Stowe means it, don't get me wrong, but he's also calling it like it is: I was being an ass. It's probably an inflection or pronounciation thing but it doesn't come out as threatening at all really. We usually get a good laugh and now I try to work it in where ever the context makes sense.
For you, dear reader and SCATS loyalist, a lesson:
"Hey Kevin, do you want an IPA?"
"Hey, FU buddy! Hahaha..." CORRECT!
"At least that one don't's got's a butterface!"
"Hey, FU buddy! Hahaha..." CORRECT! See? It's simple. Now for some harder ones.
"Hey, umm, was that your scooter out there? If so, I just hit it with my Hummer."
"Hey, FU buddy, let's take this outside and swap insurance." CORRECT! But, in the case you have no insurance, you could've also said, "...let's take this outside so I can go all New Jersey on your ass!"
"Here, try a slice of this year's Thanksgiving turkey."
"FU buddy, that's a great bird!" CORRECT! It's even appropriate in a family setting and for holidays!
And on and on from there. Stay tuned, I'm sure, for more from Stowe's East Coast Culture 101 or feel free to join us most Monday nights at The Red Hot in Tacoma for a dose!
K^F
P.S. - I want to go to there: Pat's King of Steaks (but not the website, that sucks, the actual place)
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