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BELIEVE me.

 
 

26. Guilt Trip

 
 
 

There's a fiendish trick some people play. It's called, "Misleading Pleasantries." They start "interviewing you," asking "probing questions." Then suddenly, they make a sly reference to a movie they've seen that leaves you dumbfounded. Or they say something "playfully sarcastic," with no obvious way to respond. This is a perfect opportunity to simply say, "—BELIEVE me." In short, they "dumbfound you," and you respond, "—BELIEVE me," without even thinking! ... as a signal you're perfectly aware they're trying to dumbfound you! Obscurity, in and of itself, is an attack, and there's no need to make the slightest effort to process it! (–Source: taxi1010.com stargate20)

 

«Verbal comebacks for teachers»
—BELIEVE me.
—The younger generation ... on the way up! ... Most people don't get it ... And if you're not careful, you'll start smoking, if you don't control your appetite!

 

«Good verbal comebacks for a 14 year old»
—BELIEVE me.
—What would Scooby Doo? ... Something mysterious ... There's a bunch of creeps!

 

"It's a free country but you have to pay for it."
—BELIEVE me.
—They've invented something called the mainstream, and anybody who isn't mainstream is a total idiot.

 

"Do you use it a lot?" [Non-escalating Verbal Self-Defense]
—BELIEVE me.
—It just becomes apparent in a strange way.

 

"I bet you get a lot of opportunity to use these skills."
—BELIEVE me.
—My true talents.

 

"You must get a lot of that in this business."
—BELIEVE me.
—It's the monkey in us.

 

"So, what's your point?"
—BELIEVE me.
—Hopefully there is no point — There's just a nice comfortable chair.

 

"That's one possibility."
—BELIEVE me.
—One's enough.

 

"Really?"
—BELIEVE me.
—Just ask.

 

"Cheer up, Richard!"
—BELIEVE me.
—Can't resist.

 

"Still working a lot?"
—BELIEVE me.
—Customers come first.

 

"Well, if you say so."
—BELIEVE me.
—It's like Boom! — You just say it.

 

"You're fine — Just checking — To be sure."
—BELIEVE me.
—It's endless.

 

["I'm not going to the Prom."] "Sure you are, honey!"
—BELIEVE me.
—I know you like telling other people what to do.

 

"It's been wonderful and crazy knowing you!"
—BELIEVE me.
—Yo, heave, ho! For a life in the sea!

 

«Self defense for little girls»
—BELIEVE me.
Happy feet, happy person! ... Friends do not have to be glued together ... People can be good for just so much, and then they're bad! ... See you! ... If we had time.

 
 

 

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