Well... maybe he was trying to be funny but didn't succeed? I would wonder why he spoke to you to begin with. He probably never will again. If you're okay with that, then your answer to him was fine. But if he was a lonely person trying to start a conversation, you could have replied with something like, "hey you should try that trick yourself, cuz this is not working! " or just started talking about what happened to the guy, and how you think you'd cope. I guess this is a special topic for me because 6 months ago I went temporarily crosseyed - back to normal now - and wore a patch part time. Plus a T has to be open to all sorts of remarks, so even tho I'm not a t, I try to do that. But you're right, I don't like strangers talking to me - mostly I don't like street people hitting me up for money. For some reason I'm kind of insulted by it. They are relentless towards me.