Analysis of a Line

Your roommate--who hardly ever has the television off when she's in the room--has just asked you if you'd mind turning off your tape of the Oscars because the "one show [she] watches on weekdays" starts in a few minutes.

Objective: to avoid conflict

Inner monologue: Only show you watch on weekdays?! Don't you get ticked when I want to watch something when MacGyver is on? Don't you always watch X-Files at four...whether I'm trying to do homework on not? And what about that Stargate marathon that's always on the screen Monday evenings? I paraphrase Faith Prince, "Debbie, this is the biggest lie you've EVER told me!"

Line: "Okay."