Quote Originally Posted by graymatter
In my experience the term is/was used as a critical judgement about a third party (e.g., "he's so shallow"). I have no reason to believe I haven't been called shallow on some occasion... like when I told that woman I had all of Dylans albums (no luck), or when I told the same woman I read Noam Chomsky at breakfast (still no luck), or when I told yet another woman that I floss daily (still no luck)... I could go on and on.
Gray, preciate the advise, I'll try these.......on my wife, actually I'm Ok there.... Well, never mind..............Ya know maybe, some time later, it could.
Hummm....... she knows I don't know this author. Well forget it.

Just a thought. (out load)