Dumbest one I’ve ever been hit with: “dude, I’d hate to have your sewage bill”. Seriously? GTFO!
I’ve gotten the roidzz comments several times… still feel really uncomfortable with that one.
Had several people ask me why I want to get bigger. I tell them “because sometimes violence IS the answer, and if that question ever comes up, I want to get it right.” Probably not the best answer, but sometimes it gets a chuckle. Then again, sometimes it gets a nervous look and a backward step, so…
Had a group of women grill me one time about it, and they couldn’t fathom why I would want to improve myself. One of them actually said “but you’re already married!”. Never really got over that one. Great insight into the divorce rate, I think.
I’ve gotten some nice compliments, though:
Guy I’ve known for a dozen years didn’t recognize me at the water fountain until I looked him directly in the face.
“Dude, you have been working HARD, huh?”
me- chuckle “yeah”
him- “It shows, man, keep it up”
me- “Thanks”
Definitely made my day
At work, in the break room, stirring my coffee and minding my own. I tend to keep an extra-relaxed-but-upright posture to avoid looking like a douche (not sure whether that’s working or not). An acquaintance whom I’d never really talked to much walks up and says “dude, you can stop flexing now”, and we both crack up laughing. Had to yell thanks as the door was closing behind him.
I also get a lot of training questions. Mostly, of course, the answers are ignored or the person doesn’t have the discipline to keep up with it. I am happy to report that I’ve gotten through to one of them, finally. He tells me the other day that he’s switching to a program similar to mine (he’s been trying to lose weight). Says, “If I’m gonna be in the gym five days a week, I might as well get something REAL out of it, right?”
You know how I answered that one; “you damn right!”