Office Conversation Held While Watching The End Of Game 7 (Spurs-Mavs)
Coworker #1: Sports-related question?
Me: Sufficiently sports-related answer using detail cribbed from Bill Simmons.
Coworker #1: General approval of response.
Coworker #2: Arcane and rapid-fire question about baseball?
Coworker #1: Equally obscure statement of agreement, displaying casual use of facts I do not know.
Me: Joking attempt to steer conversation back toward basketball game currently being televised!
Coworker #1: [Blank stare.] Grudging acceptance of same.
Coworker #2: Another baseball question?
Me: [Silent wish for Coworker #2 to trip and fall and break something and die.] Extremely vague baseball statement, demonstrating a solid grasp of the basic rules but nothing more. Attempt at casual mention of DH. Woeful misstep.
Coworker #2: [Glance at Coworker #1.]
Coworker #1: Derisive comment about my sexual orientation and/or ability to physically satisfy a woman.
Me: Laughing acceptance of same.
[Game ends.]
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