Ah, could it be you're embarrassed to be called by your first name?

Is there any chance of my borrowing your typewriter?

Do you happen to know how to get downtown from here?

Hey, has this been sitting out on the dinner table all day? It has to go in the refrigerator or it'll go bad.

It's no good saying 'Isn't it?' to me ... have you double-booked again?

Could it be that her prickly attitude is just because she has period pains? No, couldn't be.