‘What’s the weirdest compliment you’ve ever received?’ – 17 instances of flummoxing flattery
10.
‘I was in a hotel lobby and one of the dudes behind the counter asked me who the third vice president of the US was. I told him I was pretty sure it was Aaron Burr, and he said “Great, that fits!” and wrote it in the crossword puzzle he was doing. As I walked away he said to his coworker “He looked like the kind of person who’d know.”’
-Procyonid
11.
‘”He was built like a brick outhouse but when he spoke it wasn’t sewage” As the beginning of a poem about a date with me that a girl posted on fetlife. She meant well!’
-Atzkicica
12.
‘Someone once told me, ‘You’d make a terrific villain in a movie.’ I wasn’t sure whether I should be flattered or concerned.’
-Miaa_Frost
13.
‘Was walking along the sidewalk, coming the other way were a girl and a boy, looked like high school students. She pointed at me and said, “See, I could be with an old guy if he looked like that!”’
-NosDarkly
14.
‘Someone once told me I have “the most interesting elbows.”’
-LovelySivana
15.
‘Lady working at the register at McDonald’s says to me “You’re not very attractive, but you’re very intelligent, and that’s what matters.”
I was like wow alright, I’ll let my partner know she’s got shit backwards.
I just wanted a double QP with cheese, not a new insecurity.’
-Poppa_Mo
16.
‘”You talk the way good authors write”
What does that even mean? ’
-Legolinza
17.
‘”Your skin holds ink better than anyone I’ve worked on. You’re like the perfect canvas – guys, come see the colour on his work.”
~Tattoo Artist on a slow night at the shop, marvelling on how well my skin takes ink and holds colour. (I don’t do sunlight)’
-UncleCoyote
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