What to say after "you're welcome"
 

I was thinking about this randomly as I was laying in bed last night after Thanksgiving dinner. I had said "thank you" to someone after they had given me some turkey. And they, of course said, "you're welcome". And every time someone says that I start to say something back but then I think, "hey, that's the end of the conversation, it's a complete thought, you can stop there". Sorry, this has just been bugging me for a long time. What do you say after someone says, "you're welcome"?

Now that I think of it, this is like asking "what came before the beginning of the universe".

I usually say, "Now that we've had this formal chat, our continued relationship is no longer necessary. Vigo (he's my loyal henchman), dispose of this riffraff."

right back at ya slick.


seriously!

It's quite simple. You either start a new thread of discussion, or continue the old one that came before the exchange of politeness.

Compliment their manners. They'll usually be left speechless through being complimented and you'd of had the last word.

I don't hold real well with social nuances. The whole thing is just so silly and fake. Fer instance, I tend to say just random things in response to the innane stuff grocery cashier workers say when you're purchasing things.

Clerk: "So, you find everything okay today?"
Me: "I'm more of a basketball fan. And you?"
Clerk: *confused silence, followed by a new and intense interest in the register buttons*

ROFL...
Reminds me of the way I like to just randomly blurt out punchlines from jokes...
So, can I buy some toiletpaper now? (Long-distance cookie for whoever knows the whole actual joke. :p)

Well, really the only logical thing is to never say thank you...

I find a quick butt slap solves the job, and opens up the possibility for a sexual relationship if they are incredibly desperate and of the opposite sex.

But then THEY will be the one saying "thank you" and you will, in turn, say "you're welcome" and now THEY have to deal with the problem.

It has the potential to keep going and going and going until it creates a paradox in time-space and destroys the universe.

Being the (anti-) social person I am, I prefer to not say anything, including 'Thank you' unless it's someone I know, and at that point, regardless of what they say afterwards, I usually ignore, unless it's something I find relevant, or worth answering.

I'm not much for small talk... :p