[Musings] Cynics

[dancefloorlandmine]

One of my colleagues has just said, "Call me a cynic." I'm now wondering whether this would be like calling someone a cab ... do they give an ETA in the next half hour, and then sit outside muttering to themselves? And are there two kinds - licensed cynics (wearing black, perhaps - hmmm, found myself a career), and dodgy unlicensed, unmetered cynics who hang around outside offices offering cynicism at cheap rates, with whom you have to agree the price at the outset?

Comments

[easterbunny.livejournal.com]

I HATE people who say this. Generally this is because they are 14 year old boys who lean back and slit their eyes after spouting forth some polemic gleaned from zealous memorization of South Park episodes and end with, "Call me a cynic," as though this is a direct challenge to see if one will actually riposte with "No, I will call you a twit. Now fetch my tea."

Call me a solipsist.

[vatine]

Sorry, our resident solipsist does not accept calls from her imagined reality.

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

True - but this particular colleague used to work in social work and counselling, is a socialist betrayed by New Labour, has just realised she could technically be old enough to be my mother, and has an inspiring G&T habit. And is most definitely a sardonic cynic ...