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I'm hoping this was a brain burp on the part of those involved in the conversation. If not... 
I should know better than to pay any attention to anyone else in the laundromat, but, I still sometimes listen to the babble spewing forth from their mouths. Saturday, I happened to hear this gem:
Our players, all appear to be in their late 30's or early 40's:
W: The first woman I heard, who seemed to have a clue. At first.
FSW: Film Snob Woman, W's friend.
FSWB: Film Snob Woman's boyfriend
Bolded Italics - my thoughts
I was folding my laundry next to the benches and happened to tune in on the word 'swashbuckling' because A) you don't hear it too often and B) I had been making a swashbuckler/dread pirate NPC for my D&D game while waiting for my clothes to dry.
W: blah blah blah swashbuckling movie, that I thought was reallyl good.
FSW: Swashbuckling? What's that?
W: Well, y'know, with a swashbuckler. Not the most helpful answer ever.
FSW: That's such an odd word, I've never heard that before. Probably because I don't watch any movies made after the 1950's. Anything later than that is just not worth watching.
FSWB: Oh, exactly. And there certainly wasn't any such thing as 'swatch bucklering' back then. It's swashbuckling, you idiot. And FYI, Errol Flynn is a classic swashbuckling star who's movies were made well before the 50's. You idiot.
W: Oh, right, I forget that. Ummm..well, a swashbuckler is like Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean, or like, y'know, um, Zorro.
FSW: Oh, you mean with a sword? Like Tom Cruise's character in Top Gun?
W: Yes, exactly!
WHAT??? NO! Stupidity overload, stupidity overload! Abort eavesdrop! Abort, abort!
After that, I believe I blacked out due to my brain imploding on itself. This was either a major stupid moment on their part, or I really need to go rewatch Top Gun because I'd have sworn it was about fighter jets, not swords.
I should know better than to pay any attention to anyone else in the laundromat, but, I still sometimes listen to the babble spewing forth from their mouths. Saturday, I happened to hear this gem:
Our players, all appear to be in their late 30's or early 40's:
W: The first woman I heard, who seemed to have a clue. At first.
FSW: Film Snob Woman, W's friend.
FSWB: Film Snob Woman's boyfriend
Bolded Italics - my thoughts
I was folding my laundry next to the benches and happened to tune in on the word 'swashbuckling' because A) you don't hear it too often and B) I had been making a swashbuckler/dread pirate NPC for my D&D game while waiting for my clothes to dry.
W: blah blah blah swashbuckling movie, that I thought was reallyl good.
FSW: Swashbuckling? What's that?
W: Well, y'know, with a swashbuckler. Not the most helpful answer ever.
FSW: That's such an odd word, I've never heard that before. Probably because I don't watch any movies made after the 1950's. Anything later than that is just not worth watching.
FSWB: Oh, exactly. And there certainly wasn't any such thing as 'swatch bucklering' back then. It's swashbuckling, you idiot. And FYI, Errol Flynn is a classic swashbuckling star who's movies were made well before the 50's. You idiot.
W: Oh, right, I forget that. Ummm..well, a swashbuckler is like Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean, or like, y'know, um, Zorro.
FSW: Oh, you mean with a sword? Like Tom Cruise's character in Top Gun?
W: Yes, exactly!
WHAT??? NO! Stupidity overload, stupidity overload! Abort eavesdrop! Abort, abort!After that, I believe I blacked out due to my brain imploding on itself. This was either a major stupid moment on their part, or I really need to go rewatch Top Gun because I'd have sworn it was about fighter jets, not swords.
Good point! 
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