1081 – Personal Grooming
Giorgio: I’ll pick you up tonight at 7:00, okay?
Anna: You’d better make it 8:00. I need time to get ready.
Giorgio: You just need to go home, take a shower, and throw on some clothes. How much time do you need?
Anna: You have no idea what a woman has to do to look her best, do you? Not only do I have to bathe, I need to exfoliate and depilate.
Giorgio: “Depilate”?! What’s that?
Anna: That’s shaving and waxing to you. I have to shave and wax my legs, my armpits, and bikini area.
Giorgio: Whoa! That’s way too much information. I didn’t need to know that.
Anna: After that, I’ll need my nail clippers, nail file, and tweezers to do my nails and my plucking.
Giorgio: I don’t even want to know what you pluck.
Anna: Just my eyebrows and my...
Giorgio: Stop! I don’t need to know the ins and outs of your personal grooming. Is all that really necessary?
Anna: You are going to introduce me to your brother, aren’t you? Your very handsome brother?
Giorgio: I was until I heard all that. I don’t know if I want my brother dating a woman who’s so high-maintenance.
Anna: High-maintenance? High-maintenance?! Who are you calling high-maintenance?
Giorgio: And high-strung!