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—RichardRoe@aol.com is me.

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—If someone is provoking you, he might be trying to get you to fight to put you in a bad light ... If someone is acting like a confrontative child, sometimes it's good to let the child win ... You never have to level with certain people – You never have to give explanations – You can just sort of bumble, make up little excuses – You will get the message across ... "I hate you!" (No response, why should I provide free therapy?) ... An angry person is really stuck in emotional center ... Make a compendium of dirty tricks that your parents played on you (to keep you off-balance): A. Broken promises; B. Lies about what was said; C. "I had an evil thought and then I punished myself for the rest of the day because I'm not perfect like you." (You're everything; I'm nothing); D. "Shut up!" "Well after all, we're in a French restaurant." ... The best answer to a fool is silence – The best way to get along is to never meet.

"I'll be waiting for you when school is over."

—As if something terrible is going on that's never gone on before.

"I'll see you tonight."

—As you like.

"St. Louis."

—It's not where you are; it's what's inside you.

"I'll wait then, because I don't have to get to work until ten."

—Shoot monkeys when they walk by.

"I'll let you know."

—Otherwise, you'd be dead or in prison.

"At least now when I call you a bitch, I'll know what you look like."

—Far worse!

"Look, I'll make it easy for you." [Interrupting you]

—If this happened a lot it would be a joke.

"You have to curb your wheels or I'll give you a ticket."

—I don't have anything else to do.

"I can't say what I like?" :: WildCard-6

—The elephant in the room no one talks about ... The Dancing Queen.

"Did you like them?" [All the the Sufi books by Idries Shah]

—A convoy.

["I used to be a systems programmer at IBM."] "You don't like that?"

—You don't want to be in an unwritten play with no form or words.

"When does your flight leave?"

—Don't tell anyone my secret.

"Do you remember what flight it is?"

—That's not something you have to worry about.

"Is your worst half coming to the party?"

—It's unknown.

"Do I look like I need to watch my weight?"

—No evidence.

"I usually take 280."

—Without anyone knowing why.

"You don't act like you like me."

—You lack understanding – When I was very young I felt no one liked me, so I didn't learn to like people.

"Staying out of trouble today?"

—Are you lucky!

"Is this a new leaf, or are you in trouble?"

—Okay, boss!

"Don't let it strangle you!"

—That's right! ... Keep your head up! ... Thanks for the visual!

"Don't get shot today."

—That's what retired is, right?

"How much did you make today?"

—I haven't figured it out yet.

"Today is not my day."

—The little star.

"We had sex before, so what's the problem now?"

—It's not what you do that brings success, it's what you don't do. [Also see, Peer Pressure]

"I guess we can't go dancing!"

—The first step is to slow down.

"Is this line open?"

—Diplomatic, huh?

"Icarus, if you need my help, let me know. I will recommend other girls for you. I know one chick who would probably be suitable for you. Both of you would be a very compatible match." [Pulls out a picture of a really fat girl]

[See Icarus and the Gutter Snipe]

"Why don't you take Kathy Jo, here – She'd love to go?"

—Someone might.

["Is it okay to call you Arthur?"] "No, it isn't."

—It's a wonderful opportunity for somebody.

"And I suppose my work isn't as important as yours?"

—You're your own Walt Disney!

"It's not nice to talk like that."

—It's pretty silly if you can get fresh.

"Do you like it?" [The bitter tasting Chianti with too much tannin]

—It's an acquired taste.

"You don't like?"

—What good is it?

«Dealing with mean people»

—It's attention better spent elsewhere.

"Aren't you a stewardess? Isn't that just like being a waitress in the sky?"

—It costs nothing to qualify.

["Where are you from?"] "You sound like Immigration."

—Whose cousin?

"How come you didn't tell me this before?"

—So it's no one you know.

"Why is this giving me difficulties?" [The key stuck in the door lock]

—One little thing and it'll open the door.

"We all have our difficulties."

—You always have energy ... You always have energy to do things you like ... If you fix your attention on something, you don't get tired.

"Calvin, why are we both failures?"

—Delmour Schwartz says, "Let your conscience be your bride." ... The world is a wedding!

"Your dog is really messed-up."

—Not what we'd hoped ... You know, they're acute smellers.

"Thanks. For a while there, I was afraid my career was in a stall like yours."

—Do not pass Go.

"I don't like you, okay?"

—Let's let it go. Let's wait.

"Nothing's impossible."

—There's nothing to do, anyway.

"Are you staying for dinner?" [You're hanging out with friends, and you don't know what they're doing]

—If I get hungry, I'll eat.

"You don't have a minute, huh?"

—I'd just like to see it.

"You don't like the walnuts?"

—All those things.

"Why does he look like that?" [Handicapped child]

—Such a miracle.

["What's happening, brother?"] "I ain't yo' brother!" [White guy to a black guy]

—It's just something you have to learn.

"I like you, you know."

—That's the best thing to do.

"Now if you don't do that, what happens?"

—The same.

"How many Savings & Loans can say that?"

—Wouldn't it be nice not to be rich? To just be a peasant digging a ditch?

"I call him dumb-ass; you know, term of endearment."

—It's just if you're nursing.

"You'd like that a lot."

—I have my own rules.

"You don't want her to grow up like Al, do you?"

—Still waters run deep.

"Do you do it because you like it or because you have to?"

—If you have the time.

"Come on, Ridgey, you can walk!"

—In a lot of ways.

"He's a rat!" [Spoken in a voice loud enough for you to overhear]

—Getting healthy.

"He looks like a rat."

—Hate me, hate my dog!

"Oooo, Watch out! That's a terrible thing to say!"

—Totally insensitive.

"I'm surprised you'd like a movie like that."

—They're artists – We don't understand them.

"It's true – all these misfits."

—Vox Clamantis In Deserto.

"It's just like anything else."

—It's all jungle.

"I don't like patients who are headed for trouble."

—If you let kids get into trouble, if they can get out of it, they do real well.

"Richard, you really are a rat, you know?"

—Yeah, a gutter snipe.

"That's not like you."

—Misspent youth.

"That's just like you."

—It's not like a car where you leave it off.

"Do you like the opera?"

—If you can.

"Do you like dinosaurs?"

—You don't?