Or you use the shade strategy, where you congratulate them for borrowing your most excellent idea:

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the American electorate.

He probably wishes his fatass was the one with pneumonia.

I’m only starring this because I can’t reach you to smack you upside the head. Politely, of course.

Brilliant. Those girls are really earning their $0.74 to the dollar.

Great idea, Nigel! Looks like that promotion is almost guaranteed. Could you get Anna to fetch some coffee for the team?

growing up a rock and roll grunge girl, i took the “you’re not like other girls” line as SUCH A COMPLIMENT! You get brainwashed...you are told women are a certain way and then when you act outside that way you are “different than the other girls”. its all a damned lie because patriarchy sucks.

Well, actually, Nigel, I think you missed a great opportunity to clarify things for Anna with phenomenal explanation. If women want to be heard more in the workplace, they need to be more assertive. That means they’ve got to reiterate each other’s ideas and credit each other. This will increase their visibility and…

if they make clear enough that they think women are lesser beings and they are the only exception to that rule, they’ll be considered “as good as” men.

Wow, Anna Merlan, what a great suggestion! Hey everyone! Anna Merlan just suggested we should listen to what Stassa said! Way to go, Anna Merlan!

As a man, I have a great idea.
If women would like to be heard more in the workplace, when one woman makes a point, the other women in the room should reiterate the idea and credit the initial speaker.

I did that once in a meeting and had a man actually say to me in front of everyone else, “you know, sometimes it’s better to let the other person think they’re right.”

A GREAT POINT MADE BY MY COLLEAGUE STASSA and furthermore LET’S ALL LISTEN TO WHAT STASSA JUST SAID

Do you mean surprised the slot HAS or HASN’T?

Wrong - they are yummy rosewater gum drops! How can I be the only advocate for Turkish Delight on Jezebel? Surely just the fact that they have a literary following makes them delectable.

It worked for Sybil.

The IRS also says there is nothing preventing him from releasing tax information, audit or not.

Oh, he’s definitely being audited and has been for several years. So that’s real. What’s not real is his insistence that he can’t release his taxes because he’s being audited.

Keep in mind that the books were written post WWII, when extreme rationing meant that any kind of sweets were once or twice a year treats at best. Turkish Delight was an exotic thing back when Lewis was composing the story, and candy itself was a lot less fancy and varied.

His poll numbers would go up .7% because of how edgy and REAL he is to the American voter.