It's better to think things over before you say anything; blow their mind away with a topic unknown, and if there is any questions, tell them about what you learn so they learn also.
Four years ago, I lost my job to a younger man, and since then, rarely a day has passed when I haven't had to listen to him crow about how much better things are since he took over, how much safer, how much cleaner, how much happier, wealthier, yada, yada, yada.
I'm just glad the whole thing is over, we have better things to focus on than this.
I think women are better politicians than men because women do things better, whereas men just rush stuff to get things over and done with".
"You don't always have to smooth things over with a bigger, better thing.
"Thanks for listening," I'd say apologetically — by which I meant, I'm sure you have better things to do than preside over the excretion of my liquid waste.
And, in the wake of the recent Presidential recount, there's something bracing about a potboiler that reminds us that our government has better things to do than squabble over the finer points of electoral law.
Got better things to do than pore over old receipts all afternoon?
Loss, denial, acceptance, start planning for training camp--all before sundown, too, until my brother and I hit our late teens and figured out there were better things to break your heart over, like women, or presidential candidates, or rock bands that were going to save the world and instead wound up selling light beer.
For those who have inexplicably found better things to do on Sunday nights over the past four years, Lady Sybil is a Downton Abbey character who died after giving birth.
