Betty: I was asking because one of my exes' cousins has been hitting on me the past couple of days.
Betty: If it were somebody else, I'd pretend to be straight with the help of this piece o' scrap(Deal)here.
Betty: Sadly, she knows who I am.
Betty: Worst part is, knowing Vero, she probably put her cousin up to it as a practical joke.
Jill: Well, I'd suggest telling the cousin that she should cut it out.
Jill: If she feels genuinely offended, they might not have been in cahoots.
Jill: But I'm just spouting nonsense based on what you've told me. Don't pay too much attention.
Betty: It's better than my suggestion.
Jill: What was yours?
Deal: Waterboarding.
Jill: I se-... what?
Deal: The fact that she knows how to waterboard somebody is what scares me most.
Betty: The Girl Scouts also taught me how to skin a deer, and I see nobody making a fuss about
Betty: But yeah, your advice sounds good enough.
Betty: Especially when you factor that if Gina's being honest about her, she probably won't feel offended.
Deal:Gina... Which one was that again?
Betty: Blonde, flat as a cutting board but cute as a button.
Deal: Oh yeah... she came to the office Christmas party, right?
Betty: That's the one.
You got the gist of the story. Betty: Worst part is, knowing Vero, she probably put her cousin up to it as a practical joke. We learn here that Vero is Betty's ex-spouse.
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