Talking to morons

[Avital]

Based on a real conversation. I'll leave it to you to figure out which part were dramatized.

Me: [takes pill]
Her: What's that?
Me: It's a pill.
Her: What for?
Me: It's medication.
Her: Are you sick?
Me: It's anti-psoriatic.
Her: Huh?
Me: Anti-psoriasis.
Her: Oh! You have psoriasis?
Me: ... Yes.
Her: Oh! [pause] Can I see?
Me: What?
Her: Can I see it? Your psoriasis.
Me: [bewildered] No.
Her: Why not?
Me: Because it's private.
Her: Oh, come on. A friend of mine has psoriasis. It's, like, all over her body.
Me: Oh.
Her: Yeah. Poor thing, she's really uncomfortable with her body. She, like, never goes to the beach anymore. Is that why you always wear pants?
Me: [horrified] What?
Her: Is that why you always wear pants? Because you're uncomfortable?
Me: No. I just don't like walking around half naked.
Her: Oh. [pause] Well, anyway, she cries to me about it all the time, so I totally know how you feel.
Me: [shoots her in the face]

[toffeeman]

I know how you feel mate, i get asked to show my hands all the time (i have pompholyx), i'd like to see how these people would react if kept being asked to show a part of there body all the god damn time.

[Sheri]

hahaha...

i feel very fortunate that no one has bothered me about it, but i can imagine such similar scenarios...silly humans.

[Uncle Matt]

Well some woman actually told her kid that I'd escaped from a "funny farm" when I wore sandals in the snow.

Just because I needed to keep my feet cool.

Of course, I corrected her in an equally blunt fashion.