6.03.2007

Unsolicited Health Advice?

How much sock can I knit sitting on a plane for seven hours? The difference between sock one and two is a pretty good estimate. Actually the left sock was already two repeats ahead of the right, but still, it's amazing how much can be accomplished.



So the guy across the aisle says to me, "You know you'll get Carpal Tunnel from that." WTF? Dude, how about what you'll get from being out of shape and eating that cheeseburger and Coke? I'm sure it's that he really cared about my health, right?

4 comments:

Jessica said...

That's when you tell him the health effects of being jabbed in the eye with US1 double point.

Ali said...

What a nutter! Perhaps he just wanted a turn?

Anonymous said...

People are so odd... The socks are lovely though. What's the pattern?

Katie said...

Do people like that just make comments to hear themselves talk? People say the oddest things, especially to strangers. Last week I was at my OB's office (clue #1), knitting teeny tiny things (clue #2), generally looking every inch the woman in her 33rd week of pregnancy (you've seen me, ain't no mistaking what's going on- clue 3) and a woman says to me: Are you expecting?