I think it's when Neil's parents visit that Rik's sitting at a table pretending to write an essay to impress them, and keeps interrupting to shout over to them.
"You have to watch out for me, you know, because I'm a bit mad!"
Beat.
"Aren't I, everyone?"
Beat.
"A bit mad!"
Nobody says anything, so he lunges across the room into their faces blowing a raspberry and bugging his eyes and when they flinch away says "you see? mad!"
Can I submit another variation? I had a boss who had some deeply, deeply obnoxious mannerisms that made her unpleasant to be around and bad at her job. And when I saw anyone try to tactfully bring into the conversation that maybe a different sort of behaviour might be more appropriate she'd mug and grin and wink and say "Oh, well, I am a bit of a character, aren't I?"
From that day to this, anyone who picks out that term to apply to themselves goes on my red list.
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Date: 2009-02-04 12:00 pm (UTC)"You have to watch out for me, you know, because I'm a bit mad!"
Beat.
"Aren't I, everyone?"
Beat.
"A bit mad!"
Nobody says anything, so he lunges across the room into their faces blowing a raspberry and bugging his eyes and when they flinch away says "you see? mad!"
Can I submit another variation? I had a boss who had some deeply, deeply obnoxious mannerisms that made her unpleasant to be around and bad at her job. And when I saw anyone try to tactfully bring into the conversation that maybe a different sort of behaviour might be more appropriate she'd mug and grin and wink and say "Oh, well, I am a bit of a character, aren't I?"
From that day to this, anyone who picks out that term to apply to themselves goes on my red list.