Hi, Michael, how's it going?
Well, things are all right.
I heard you got a new roommate. What's he like?
Yeah, Bob moved in last week. He is a nice guy and so far everything is cool except this girlfriend.
Oh? What's wrong with his girlfriend?
She came over last weekend. She is a nice girl but there's something about her voice that really creeps me out. I tried to smile and be polite, but the whole time all I could think was 'what's wrong with your voice? '
Well, I guess it might take some time to get used to.
I doubt it. Last time was an oral train wreck. Listening to her talk is like chewing tin foil.
Oh come on, it's not that bad.
No, it's so much worse. And tonight they invited me out to dinner. I really have no idea how I'm going to pull it off.
Rough. Maybe you can do the most of the talking.
That's the plan.