Me: Blah, blah, blah ... I'm a medical student .. blah

Her: Oooh a medical student, so your smart then?

These questions used to haunt me. The old AFC me used to say something like:

AFC: eh... eh... well I mean I suppose I work pretty hard and stuff. Like we all have something we're good at I guess...

This time I followed the rules from the sidebar (agree and amplify or ignore, I chose the former):

Me: Yes, I once beat Stephen Hawking in a game of chess at a pub in Wimbledon.

Cheesy I know but it worked

Her: Oh you're very modest I see

Me: I'm glad you noticed. Modesty is one of the many things I'm really good at haha what are you really good at?

Shit test passed