Okay, so here is a topic that I hope turns into a funny/entertaining thread.
I have a friend that is one of those types that everything he does is pretty much the best. That includes regaling me with a variety of ski stories from time to time. The skiing interaction is limited to stories as he lives a considerable distance from me so we never actually go skiing together.
Anyway, it's always like, we just the skied the s*** out of this resort, or telling me about five times about "jumping" in this "steep, steep chute". He finally proudly sent me a pic over a very tiny cornice where best I can tell from the photo maybe he got an inch or two as he's dropping in sideways over the small cornice.
That's cool, he's proud and all of having skied reasonably steep terrain, but he always exaggerates to the nth degree. To preserve the friendship I just patiently say uh huh, yeah that's cool.
But it is getting to the point that next time I hear that "jumping" story, I am going to be really tempted to say, yeah, you did go huge there, looks like you got a couple of inches.
I'm sure I'm not the only one dealing with a friend/acquaintance like this. What would you do/have done in similar circumstances? And bring on any funny related stories that you might have!
I have a friend that is one of those types that everything he does is pretty much the best. That includes regaling me with a variety of ski stories from time to time. The skiing interaction is limited to stories as he lives a considerable distance from me so we never actually go skiing together.
Anyway, it's always like, we just the skied the s*** out of this resort, or telling me about five times about "jumping" in this "steep, steep chute". He finally proudly sent me a pic over a very tiny cornice where best I can tell from the photo maybe he got an inch or two as he's dropping in sideways over the small cornice.
That's cool, he's proud and all of having skied reasonably steep terrain, but he always exaggerates to the nth degree. To preserve the friendship I just patiently say uh huh, yeah that's cool.
But it is getting to the point that next time I hear that "jumping" story, I am going to be really tempted to say, yeah, you did go huge there, looks like you got a couple of inches.
I'm sure I'm not the only one dealing with a friend/acquaintance like this. What would you do/have done in similar circumstances? And bring on any funny related stories that you might have!