"If we were in an old detective novel you'd totally be a dame." He says with a little smile, "You'd be 'that crazy news hawk dame with a pistol in her purse.'"
Richard meanwhile orders some bacon and toast.
"Yeah 42, and mostly just to make sure I don't have to mock you for calling yourself old. I hate it when 20 somethings are like 'omg I'm sooooo old now'."
"Yeah exactly!" He says, a little more strength in his smile. "Although with your line of work and mentality maybe you'd be the detective in the story, that would be a cool twist."
He laughs and shakes his head.
"No, but you're not some dumb twenty something either. Thank God."
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The waitress returns and Lois orders some pancakes, because why fucking not?
“42, right?” She asks Richard after the waitress leaves. “Why’d you ask my age?”
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Richard meanwhile orders some bacon and toast.
"Yeah 42, and mostly just to make sure I don't have to mock you for calling yourself old. I hate it when 20 somethings are like 'omg I'm sooooo old now'."
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Looking up, she blinks at him, her face serious now. “Are you saying that I’m old?”
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He laughs and shakes his head.
"No, but you're not some dumb twenty something either. Thank God."
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Nice save there, Richard. “No, I’m old enough to know better when it comes to most things. I thought you liked twenty somethings.”
In the porn he watches, at least.
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"Only for visual stimulating purposes. I much prefer hanging out and talking with people closer to my own age."
After all it's hard to make jokes with young people, they don't get his pop culture references.