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dancefloorlandmine ([personal profile] dancefloorlandmine) wrote2004-12-14 04:03 pm

[Musings] Cynics

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?

[identity profile] d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com 2004-12-14 08:55 am (UTC)(link)
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 ...