Just Another Freak in the Freak Kingdom

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Abridged version of the conversation that brightened my day today:

Mark: You have fun tonight. Just let all the sweet-eyed boys know that you're taken, huh?

Me: ~snort, small laugh~ No worries. I'll radiate the "cute but not worth your kneecaps to try" vibe.

M: Worth your spine.
me: What, "watch your back, 'cause I'll be chewin' on it", like? (I keep forgetting he hasn't seen Ice Age and doesn't catch the quote...doh.)
M: Rip it out if they mess with you. ;)
me: ...~snicker and grin~ You realise that in the mood I'm in right now, I'd want to save it to make a candlestick out of.
M: I know... ... ...And before you ask, NO.
me: What, no? ~innocent tone~
M: No buying dummy skeletons and turning their spines into votive holders.
me: Oh... ... Okay, how about if I can put hands on actual vertebrae? It'd cost, but I'm pretty sure I could do--
M: No.
me: But it'd be so pre--
M: No. I'd be nervous of what'd come along with an actual spine. So no.
me: So the dummy one...?