Re: Its what they DO that counts



In article <ddfr-573FB9.14153429112005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
ddfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> In article <IqqJGH.K8w@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
> djheydt@xxxxxxxxxxx (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote:
>
> > My primary dilemma would be whether to mention the mouse, remarking
> > on how cute it was, or to ignore it, allowing the interviewer to
> > cherish the hope that I hadn't seen it.
>
> Or, alternatively, to conclude that you were just the sort of tactful
> person they wanted to hire.

When I was a kid on a family visit to my uncle's house, I reached down
beside the armchair and was just in time to catch a passing mouse by
the tail (just luck, I didn't see any others while I was there).

I held it up in triumph while my mortified mother mouthed at me to let
it go before anyone else saw...

- Gerry Quinn
.



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