(20 Jan 2015, 5:52 pm)MurdnunoC wrote Whenever people made snide comments to me (not that it happens much these days - it subsides when you get older), I used to take the time to engage and educate the young scallywags.
If someone called me gay, I'd do something similar to Fozz and enquire about their definition of the word 'gay'. When the inevitable allusion to homosexuality occurred, I'd ask why they were interested about my sexuality, or, suggest that their 'gaydar' was seriously out of sync in this particular instance. The latter comment usually evokes the more impassioned response as the initial suggestion has been turned on its head and thrown back at them.
I don't have the confidence to reply back to people but in my head I was thinking of such comebacks like the ones mentioned.