Do you believe in nutrition?
I had to go to the shops on the way home yesterday. I had been listening to Solid Gold - music of the 50's and 60's on the radio and was still humming the old Beatles track, You say "Goodbye" and I say "Hello,hello, hello". I don't know why you say "Goodbye", I say "Hello, hello,hello". Etc ....., when I was accosted in the car park by an earnest looking man waving a lot of leaflets.
"Do you believe in nutrition?" he asked.
"Pardon!" I thought I must have heard him wrong. Maybe he really meant to ask, Do you believe in god? No, he was definitely asking about nutrition.
"Nutrition", I repeat stupidly.
"Yes", says he.
"Well, yes, of course. If I didn't believe in nutrition, I would be dead", say I trying to be funny. This guy doesn't do funny. He is dumbfounded, silent. I come to his rescue.
"Why"?
Silence.
"Are you selling something?" He nods.
Silence.
"What?" I ask. "What are you selling?"
"Supplements", he says.
"I believe in nutrition so I don't use supplements", I say.
"Oh!" says the man.
Not much of a salesman really. I guess I was lucky he didn't turn out to be a Jehovah's Witness or a telesales person trying to make a few extra bucks. They wouldn't have been so easily put off!
"Do you believe in nutrition?" he asked.
"Pardon!" I thought I must have heard him wrong. Maybe he really meant to ask, Do you believe in god? No, he was definitely asking about nutrition.
"Nutrition", I repeat stupidly.
"Yes", says he.
"Well, yes, of course. If I didn't believe in nutrition, I would be dead", say I trying to be funny. This guy doesn't do funny. He is dumbfounded, silent. I come to his rescue.
"Why"?
Silence.
"Are you selling something?" He nods.
Silence.
"What?" I ask. "What are you selling?"
"Supplements", he says.
"I believe in nutrition so I don't use supplements", I say.
"Oh!" says the man.
Not much of a salesman really. I guess I was lucky he didn't turn out to be a Jehovah's Witness or a telesales person trying to make a few extra bucks. They wouldn't have been so easily put off!
posted by Omykiss at 4:18 pm
3 Comments:
Ha, very good. I think he should consider a career change...
I do believe you had a close shave with a Herbalife salesman!
Phew! Good job you escaped!
ps. Fusty is such a Scottich word! I used that word growing up all the time.
lol. it's more pleasant that it wasn't a hard sell. Somehow I could see myself as that salesman and as you.
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