SlightlyMadman and I were in the
City Cafe buying
coffee drinks one
Saturday. He pointed out an
older man sitting alone at a table, drinking
coffee and
poring over a newspaper. He said that the man frequented the
inferior bagel shop at which he used to work, and that he reminded him of
Sean Connery. I admitted to a
very slight resemblance.
We did our thing with the honey and cream and left the
cafe. Before the door could close behind us, the old man stuck his head out and said:
"I just wanted to say you look very
fishy today."
Me:"
Excuse me?"
Old man:"
Very fishy,
very pretty, the
colors, they
shimmer like scales...very fishy..."
At this point I understood that he was referring to my
blue tank top,
skirt with blue, black, green, and yellow,
diagonal stripes, and
iridescent purple lipstick.
"Well, I am a
water sign, so that's appropriate.
Thank you." I replied. We walked down
Eager St., and I mused on how
I'd rather be deemed fishy by an eccentric old man than called 'hot' by a young buck, any day.Make your compliments unique, odd, and memorable.