Say what you want, but the skill of complimenting someone is a very subtle one.
Some praises are like magic wands that always work. For example, "Talking to you is like a breath of fresh air!" or simply, "Wow, you look beautiful," or "You tell the craziest jokes."
However, there are plenty of people in the world who choose to stray from the traditional path of praise in favor of something more original, peculiarly specific, or downright bizarre, leaving their unfortunate targets to wonder whether they should be flattered, irritated, confused, deeply amused, or perhaps, all of the above.
I asked the Bored Panda community to share the weirdest compliments they ever received, and truth to be told, the responses did not disappoint.
#1
“Nice muscles… for a girl,” a football player at my school said this to me, roughly 10 seconds before I almost broke his arm in an arm wrestle.
Never mess with a swimmer. Or a girl. Or a girl that swims. I guarantee that you will be injured either mentally, physically, or both.
220points
#2
"I hate pretty girls. They think they can get what they want with their looks. That's why I like you."
... so I'm not pretty. Ok.
208points
#3
I was in a Barnes and Noble once and a woman told me that she liked my aura. Apparently, it was very bright and positive so it was a nice compliment.
192points
#4
"You're so tall & pretty! Are you a stripper?" - Some Random Lady at Walmart. And she was completely serious as she offered me a job at the local strip club after I responded "No."
180points
#5
A woman once said to me with exaggerated enthusiasm, "Oh, I just love the way you apply your makeup! It looks so natural - especially your blush! And I know what I'm talking about because I used to sell makeup."
I replied, "I'm not wearing any blush. That's just a mild case of rosacea."
177points
#6
"You are pretty for a black girl."
Umm eww.
176points
#7
"You have eyes like a cow. Jersey cow. Jerseys are pretty foxy for cows." Stop digging laddie.
164points
#8
Not even sure if this was a compliment, but someone once told me, I'd be useful in an apocalypse.
164points
#9
Them: Wow! You’re weird!
Me: thank you!
Them: *Awkwardly turns around*
149points
#10
Random man at a shopping center, back when I was a teenager, "It's not right for a girl to be tall, dark, and handsome!"
131points
#11
Following a routine colonoscopy, my gastro doctor said I have a "perfect colon." I said, "Thank you!"
129points
#12
Once my crush's mom complimented me on my socks in front of my crush and then she told him to look at my socks and I felt plain awkward.
123points
#13
My friend told me I was an off-brand Energizer Bunny.
117points
#14
The PA at my doctor's office always tells me I have beautiful eardrums during my annual visit. One time she even told another doctor to look at them. The other doctor was also impressed.
114points
#15
When I was pregnant a coworker told me I looked like Mother Earth. He meant it as a compliment.
109points
#16
You're more beautiful than a new set of snow tires! (I'm from northern Minnesota.)
108points
#17
You are really smart for a woman.
107points
#18
"You look like you can kill someone with your calves." I have pretty muscular legs.
106points
#19
I wore a new t-shirt with a purple cat on it to college. Us students from different classes got squeezed together into one room for a lecture on internships.
In the middle of the lecture, in the center of the room, and with every student's full attention, our teacher suddenly falls silent. He peers over the rim of his glasses, at my shirt.
"...Nice pussy."
98points
#20
"You have really nice veins."
92points