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They might assume you are less than super-smart.
Say, for instance, you enjoy quoting lines from the 2000 Christopher Guest movie “Best in Show.”
And let's further suppose that a co-worker or casual acquaintance overhears you telling someone on the phone, “If you get hungry, eat something.”
A person overhearing that might well wonder if you or the individual to whom you were speaking inhabit a land of absurd obviousness.
When, in fact, it's just your grand sense of humor. Or at least Christopher Guest's.
Features writer Paul Turner is a columnist for The Spokesman-Review in the Features department. He writes "The Slice" column, which appears six times a week and produces general features stories for the Today section.
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