Once upon a time ...
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cosmolinguistThere was a girl. Let's call her Georgia.* Eating lunch with her friend, Georgette, one day, she laments the terrible situation in which she finds herself: she's good friends with George, and George has recently made it clear that he would like to be more than friends, but Georgia is taken. Besides, she isn't really attracted to George "that way" anyway. But since they're so close, she doesn't want to just cut him loose, she wants to continue being friends.
Since they are friends, they talk a lot, and apparently George has recently been worrying about how he should act, what he's really like, etc. Georgia told him not to worry, to just be himself--not konwing, at the time, that "himself" is apparently someone who wants to kiss her. She related this to Georgette by saying "It's like those girls who say, 'Oh, I want a bagel, I want cream cheese. Oh, but it's 10,000 calories!' Forget that! I said. Have the bagel!"
"But you're his bagel," Georgette said.
"I know! But I don't want to be!"
Georgette feels for her friend, but knows that she herself has never been in such a position. "Ha; I am nobody's bagel!" she said.
Georgia laughed. "That's a good random quote," she said. " 'I am nobody's bagel!' "
"It's true!" Georgette asserted. Maybe she's just funny-looking or socially inept or intimidatingly brilliant and silly and cool, but guys never seem interested in her. She doesn't mind.
Perhaps it was this assertion that convinced her friend that she should try to make Georgette someone's bagel. And what better someone than her friend George--the friend she didn't want to date, but didn't want to lose either. Just redirect his attraction somewhere else ...
Georgette doesn't believe this is possible. She's funny-looking and socially inept. Besides that, she has a boyfriend about whom she cares very much, and she also thinks she has enough morals to avoid messing with someone's head in this fashion.
But talking about messing with someone's head, over an undeniably silly lunch ...
It doesn't matter; she doesn't really think Georgia can get someone interested in her. Georgia is inarguably talented at manipulating men ... but she's always manipulating them to do things for her, not getting them to like someone else. "No way," Georgette says. "You'll never manage."
"Wanna bet?" Georgia, unsurprisingly, is confident of her talents. She starts listing off the things she's going to tell George, things he apparently has in common with Georgette. "And if I happened to tell him you were good in bed or something, you'd just nod and go along with it, right?" Georgette can't help but laugh at this. "Because you could be! We don't know." This is true; Georgette is inexperienced in such matters.
Then Georgia and Georgette see someone they know, and he stops and they talk. "We were having a discussion about bagels!" Georgia tells him, and of course both girls break into giggles, probably reinforcing everything this guy (what's his name? Georges? good French name) thinks about how odd and inscrutable girls are. They present this situation--as a hypothetical, of course--to Georges and they laugh and he laughs and it's all fun.
"Would you do that for a bagel?" Georgia asks him.
"Probably not," Georges says, laughing. "Not for a bagel."
"But it's one of the cool bagels from TMC!" Georgia exclaimed. "With the garlic things and the sesame seeds ... "
"You could just get a bagel," Georges points out. That makes them both laugh again; it's probably the sanest thing that's been said so far. "They're cheap. Really, you could jsut buy one."
"But it's the principle of the thing!" Georgette says.
"Yeah, it's not really about the bagel ... " Georgia agrees. Obviously she is really excited about her bagel, and only somewhat worried about the possibility of being rather evli to her friend ... who will of course get no dates from Georgette because she has a boyfriend.
Georgette, who has errands to do and a busy evening planned, is sitting here writing about this anyway.
Is it truth? Is it fiction? I'm not sure anymore.
* Names changed to protect the innocent ... and the guilty.
Since they are friends, they talk a lot, and apparently George has recently been worrying about how he should act, what he's really like, etc. Georgia told him not to worry, to just be himself--not konwing, at the time, that "himself" is apparently someone who wants to kiss her. She related this to Georgette by saying "It's like those girls who say, 'Oh, I want a bagel, I want cream cheese. Oh, but it's 10,000 calories!' Forget that! I said. Have the bagel!"
"But you're his bagel," Georgette said.
"I know! But I don't want to be!"
Georgette feels for her friend, but knows that she herself has never been in such a position. "Ha; I am nobody's bagel!" she said.
Georgia laughed. "That's a good random quote," she said. " 'I am nobody's bagel!' "
"It's true!" Georgette asserted. Maybe she's just funny-looking or socially inept or intimidatingly brilliant and silly and cool, but guys never seem interested in her. She doesn't mind.
Perhaps it was this assertion that convinced her friend that she should try to make Georgette someone's bagel. And what better someone than her friend George--the friend she didn't want to date, but didn't want to lose either. Just redirect his attraction somewhere else ...
Georgette doesn't believe this is possible. She's funny-looking and socially inept. Besides that, she has a boyfriend about whom she cares very much, and she also thinks she has enough morals to avoid messing with someone's head in this fashion.
But talking about messing with someone's head, over an undeniably silly lunch ...
It doesn't matter; she doesn't really think Georgia can get someone interested in her. Georgia is inarguably talented at manipulating men ... but she's always manipulating them to do things for her, not getting them to like someone else. "No way," Georgette says. "You'll never manage."
"Wanna bet?" Georgia, unsurprisingly, is confident of her talents. She starts listing off the things she's going to tell George, things he apparently has in common with Georgette. "And if I happened to tell him you were good in bed or something, you'd just nod and go along with it, right?" Georgette can't help but laugh at this. "Because you could be! We don't know." This is true; Georgette is inexperienced in such matters.
Then Georgia and Georgette see someone they know, and he stops and they talk. "We were having a discussion about bagels!" Georgia tells him, and of course both girls break into giggles, probably reinforcing everything this guy (what's his name? Georges? good French name) thinks about how odd and inscrutable girls are. They present this situation--as a hypothetical, of course--to Georges and they laugh and he laughs and it's all fun.
"Would you do that for a bagel?" Georgia asks him.
"Probably not," Georges says, laughing. "Not for a bagel."
"But it's one of the cool bagels from TMC!" Georgia exclaimed. "With the garlic things and the sesame seeds ... "
"You could just get a bagel," Georges points out. That makes them both laugh again; it's probably the sanest thing that's been said so far. "They're cheap. Really, you could jsut buy one."
"But it's the principle of the thing!" Georgette says.
"Yeah, it's not really about the bagel ... " Georgia agrees. Obviously she is really excited about her bagel, and only somewhat worried about the possibility of being rather evli to her friend ... who will of course get no dates from Georgette because she has a boyfriend.
Georgette, who has errands to do and a busy evening planned, is sitting here writing about this anyway.
Is it truth? Is it fiction? I'm not sure anymore.
* Names changed to protect the innocent ... and the guilty.
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Date: 2003-10-30 01:57 pm (UTC)Do it for the bagel
Date: 2003-10-30 02:03 pm (UTC)Loves,
Georgina*
Best alias you've had since Felicia Sanskrit!
Date: 2003-10-30 04:56 pm (UTC)It sounds too much like "gorge," which has several connotations, all bad.
By the way, it occurred to me this evening that I believe "Georgia" is also the name of the girl in that Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging book you have. Makes it all the more appropriate for you!
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Date: 2003-10-30 04:54 pm (UTC)Protected Humph...
Date: 2003-10-30 02:05 pm (UTC)Georgia
Re: Protected Humph...
Date: 2003-10-30 04:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-30 02:43 pm (UTC)It's like me with all of my friends named Angie/Angela.
It was still amusing, nonetheless. The common aliases did increase the humor factor. :)
Mmmm...bagels...
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Date: 2003-10-30 04:52 pm (UTC)When Jenn and I first explained it to the guy we saw, she used "George" instead of her friend's real name. When this guy said no one named George would be interested in dating him, we switced it to Georgette to appease him. And after that, I thought "Georgia" would've been a better naem. So those were the names I used in this telling of the story. :-)
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Date: 2003-10-31 05:21 am (UTC)