Say what?

[Pixelated]

I'm sitting there in my favourite little diner this morning, eating my traditional Sunday breakfast (apple juice, bacon and eggs and toast) and reading a novel, and an older couple (probably not much older than I am ...) walk past my table on their way out, and the husband turns to me and says "Read your Bible!"



This is southern Ontario, NOT a Bible Belt by any definition of the term.

As always, I couldn't come up with a snappy response quickly, so decided to say nothing and let him assume I (a) hadn't heard him, or (b) couldn't be bothered to answer him.

But a little while afterwards I thought up the response I should've given: "Alas, I left my copy of the Quran at home today ..."

[MoonCat]

Honestly if somebody caught me off guard with that comment these days my response would have been something nasty.

Or if not in a bad mood I'd have said "Mind your own damn business!"

[Pixelated]

I didn't want to F-bomb him because the place was crowded and the rest of the patrons didn't deserve to have that ricochet off the walls while they were eating their breakfasts. But yeah, "Mind your own business" would've been appropriate.

Or, as a friend of mine said, "Where's YOUR Bible, buddy? Since you're so keen on other people reading it."

[csquared]

I was thinking
"I see that failed to understand it when you read it."

[Ironclad Alibi]

Since you were reading a book, another response would have been, "I am."

[Pixelated]

Since you were reading a book, another response would have been, "I am."

Oooh, I like that! Would've been even better if I'd brought the murder mystery I'm in the middle of ... it's titled The Devil's Making.