the "strange" compliment you remember best

Not backhanded at all compared to some of these, I’ll always treasure:
“You’re a very nice person in a very nice package”

Someone I hadn't seen for years once said to me " You know , when you havn't seen someone for years , you think 'Good God', they look like shit ? Well , you don't "

The other day, I bought a gas lighter thing for the candles. On the packaging it clearly stated, "No ID, no sale". Well, I wasn't asked for ID, so must be age appropriate.

walking through the school hall at the end of the day and being asked by the cleaner if I was pregnant!!
I WAS 56!!

Have just remembered another compliment: my sister-in-law, on being shown my (rather smart, I think) engagement ring, said "Very nice - for every day."

Christinefrance My daughter said the exact same thing to me once....she was a teenager at the time though.

At work a rather snooty colleague said to me - “ they’re nice earrings. I can’t wear cheap jewellery myself”

My Grandmother once looked at me all dressed up and said, 'Well at least you've got one good leg.' I never knew which one!

I was frequently told at work ' you think like a man', I'm not sure that's a compliment.

When asking my daughter her opinion of my new outfit she replied " it's alright for you mother but I wouldn't wear it !! "

An acquaintance mentioned that she'd just seen my daughter. 'You're so alike' she gushed, 'Very plain but such.a lovely smile!'

One of my brothers picked me up on a comment I'd made and accused me of telling a fib. My aunt ticked him off and said, 'Your sister is as honest as the day's long.'

To which he replied, 'It'll be dark in half an hour.'

The one I remember was from an elderly great aunt who told me that I looked just my mum at the same age 'though not as pretty obviously!!'