"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote
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>> Sometimes, you don't even have to be drunk to screw up. Back in the late
>> 1970s, the woman next to me at a bar had one of those extremely short
>> (almost shaved) haircuts, with big hoop earrings - the African look that
>> was on the cover of Vogue so often. Unlike some women, this one actually
>> had the kinds of features that made the style work well. She was
>> gorgeous, I was breathless, and all I could come up with was "That's a
>> gorgeous haircut!" She looks at me and says "Asshole. I have cancer. This
>> isn't a haircut".
>>
>> Oh boy. Off I went to the foosball table.
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> You didn't do anything wrong. I can understand she was touchy about
> it but she shouldn't have called you an asshole.

If she had any grace at all she would have said thank you
but....................

You did nothing wrong at all!!!!