Heatmiser 0 #1 January 26, 2011 about people in general. Feel free to share your own. 1. It takes less than five seconds of looking in a strangers eyes to make them look away. We should always play staring contest with people we don't know. 2. Most people seem embarrassed when they reach to open the door of a business, and find it to be locked. Ok, they're closed,big deal. 3. I have severe laryngitis right now,and am on "voice rest". People don't know how to act when you signal that you can't speak. I will write what I want to say, as in"I'd like a number 7, no mayo, etc" and they write a response. I signaled I couldn't speak. My ears work just fine. 4. Why do we freak out when people honk behind us at the stoplight? We only delayed everyone a few seconds, nothing to get bent out of shape over. 5. For that matter, why are we so eager to honk if someones foot doesnt come off the brake the second the light turns green? Random musings. I'm bored. What oddities have you noticed in your fellow man?What you say is reflective of your knowledge...HOW ya say it is reflective of your experience. Airtwardo Someone's going to be spanked! Hopefully, it will be me. Skymama Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d_squared431 0 #2 January 26, 2011 We have a patient that is odd does that count? He looks like a 70's porn star. TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1 I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slappy1 0 #3 January 26, 2011 wow, all of those were spot on (except maybe the writing one for me, I know ASL so I could see myself doing that instead ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #4 January 26, 2011 Quote wow, all of those were spot on (except maybe the writing one for me, I know ASL so I could see myself doing that instead ) I'm deaf and use ASL all the time, except when I'm with those who can hear. If I was hearing and couldn't speak and wrote what I wanted to say and they started writing back, I'll just write "I'M NOT FUCKING DEAF, JUST TEMPORARILY MUTE!!!" "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thrillstalker 0 #5 January 26, 2011 why do people spend 30 minutes texting when a 10 second call will accomplish the same thing"Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shell666 0 #6 January 26, 2011 Quote why do people spend 30 minutes texting when a 10 second call will accomplish the same thing THANK YOU!!! i JUST had the conversation with some 20-something's tonight. They don't get why I don't text. Easier to dial 10 numbers and say what I want to say. Oh, crap .... does that mean we're old?! 'Shell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #7 January 26, 2011 Quote We have a patient that is odd does that count? He looks like a 70's porn star. Ummm...which part of him looks like a 70's porn star."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
champu 1 #8 January 26, 2011 QuoteEasier to dial 10 numbers and say what I want to say. ...not from a rotary phone. 20-something here and here is what virtually all of my text exchanges look like: - I text someone with a question or brief statement of fact - they respond with something other than the one sentence response I was looking for - I call them - someone texts me something - I answer their question or try to respond in a way that warrants no further conversation - they text anything back - I call them Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shell666 0 #9 January 26, 2011 Quote Quote Easier to dial 10 numbers and say what I want to say. ...not from a rotary phone. 20-something here and here is what virtually all of my text exchanges look like: - I text someone with a question or brief statement of fact - they respond with something other than the one sentence response I was looking for - I call them - someone texts me something - I answer their question or try to respond in a way that warrants no further conversation - they text anything back - I call them But a rotary phone doesn't have to go to SPACE!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1CZTLk-Gk And some of us old folks have those new fangled push button calling thing-a-ma-jigs ... like on your texting apparatus ... oh wait, that's a PHONE!!! 'Shell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thrillstalker 0 #10 January 26, 2011 Quote Quote why do people spend 30 minutes texting when a 10 second call will accomplish the same thing THANK YOU!!! i JUST had the conversation with some 20-something's tonight. They don't get why I don't text. Easier to dial 10 numbers and say what I want to say. Oh, crap .... does that mean we're old?! i'm only 23, so it just means that you are old"Never grow a wishbone, where your backbone ought to be." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #11 January 26, 2011 Quote Quote We have a patient that is odd does that count? He looks like a 70's porn star. Ummm...which part of him looks like a 70's porn star. Your interest in that is very telling. My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #12 January 26, 2011 Quote Quote Quote We have a patient that is odd does that count? He looks like a 70's porn star. Ummm...which part of him looks like a 70's porn star. Your interest in that is very telling. Oh, admit it; You're wondering if he looks like John Holmes, too."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shell666 0 #13 January 26, 2011 Quote Quote Quote why do people spend 30 minutes texting when a 10 second call will accomplish the same thing THANK YOU!!! i JUST had the conversation with some 20-something's tonight. They don't get why I don't text. Easier to dial 10 numbers and say what I want to say. Oh, crap .... does that mean we're old?! i'm only 23, so it just means that you are old 'Shell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutumbo 0 #14 January 26, 2011 Quote 5. For that matter, why are we so eager to honk if someones foot doesnt come off the brake the second the light turns green? because i have places to go. i own the road, did you not get the memo?Thanatos340(on landing rounds)-- Landing procedure: Hand all the way up, Feet and Knees Together and PLF soon as you get bitch slapped by a planet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heatmiser 0 #15 January 26, 2011 Difference is, when you're honking, you usually also have flashing lights and sirens, yeah? What you say is reflective of your knowledge...HOW ya say it is reflective of your experience. Airtwardo Someone's going to be spanked! Hopefully, it will be me. Skymama Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vanair 0 #16 January 27, 2011 Wow, I honk at the light to keep the delay to only a few seconds. I never got into texting, would take too long to learn to do it fast. When in a few years (now) they will have a phone that I can talk to and then hit the convert to text button. not now but my next phone will be. My Droid is great. I can just talk to it. Years ago 1980-1ish I'm 53 now. Data processing concepts, !st yr Community college. We had a discussion about the concept of voice recignition (just said to Droid, it said recognition, Great) Like on the Star trek TV show when they would talk to the computer. Early 80s popular on TV. He said never possible, too complex Etc. Etc. I thought yes they will. TA-DA 30 yrs later. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #17 January 27, 2011 Sometimes, when I'm in line at the grocery store, I like to roll my eyes while sighing loudly and looking at my watch every few seconds. Then I'll give an exaggerated, animated look over at the other line, noticing how much more efficiently that other cashier seems to be working. Doing these things seems to make the time fly by faster. If I happen to be in the fast lane, I will make a comment to the others in line about how the lady writing a check can't possibly know how to write a check since she can't even read a simple "NO CHECKS, CASH ONLY" sign. The idea here is to see how many of the others you can get to agree with you and then guess which really do agree and which are just humoring you. I am sure that most of them agree with me because they usually move over to the other line with the efficient cashier. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d_squared431 0 #18 January 27, 2011 Quote Quote Quote Quote We have a patient that is odd does that count? He looks like a 70's porn star. Ummm...which part of him looks like a 70's porn star. Your interest in that is very telling. Oh, admit it; You're wondering if he looks like John Holmes, too. Okay this is what the guy looks like... About 6 ft tall slender dresses like Larry from threes company. His silver hair must have a can of aqua net to make it stand so damn high. A mustache that is dyed black that looks so fake you cant stop looking at it to see if it real is or it is fake. Basically it looks like a piece of dyed black carpet glued to his upper lip. As far as his junk goes, thank gawd I have never had to observe his...TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1 I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stitch 0 #19 January 27, 2011 Is this thread about Bolas ?"No cookies for you"- GFD "I don't think I like the sound of that" ~ MB65 Don't be a "Racer Hater" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ridestrong 1 #20 January 27, 2011 Quote Sometimes, when I'm in line at the grocery store, I like to roll my eyes while sighing loudly and looking at my watch every few seconds. Then I'll give an exaggerated, animated look over at the other line, noticing how much more efficiently that other cashier seems to be working. Doing these things seems to make the time fly by faster. If I happen to be in the fast lane, I will make a comment to the others in line about how the lady writing a check can't possibly know how to write a check since she can't even read a simple "NO CHECKS, CASH ONLY" sign. The idea here is to see how many of the others you can get to agree with you and then guess which really do agree and which are just humoring you. I am sure that most of them agree with me because they usually move over to the other line with the efficient cashier. *I am not afraid of dying... I am afraid of missing life.* ----Disclaimer: I don't know shit about skydiving.---- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #21 January 27, 2011 Quote 4. Why do we freak out when people honk behind us at the stoplight? We only delayed everyone a few seconds, nothing to get bent out of shape over. I don't. I get embarrassed and hit the gas. Quote 5. For that matter, why are we so eager to honk if someones foot doesnt come off the brake the second the light turns green? Because I got places to go, things to see, people to do. Get Rolling! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
