Saturday, July 20, 2024

Why Is It ...

… that I just realized that run spelled backwards is nur … and it’s a nur from me?

… that one of my toxic traits is assuming that people have common sense and then getting mad when they don’t.

… that most people don’t like it when I give away free samples of my attitude?

… that instead of cleaning the house, I turn on an episode of Hoarders and think, ‘Well, my house looks pretty good.’

… that people don’t understand that I don’t actually curse … I ‘m simply fluent in Trucker, with a Sailor dialect and a Construction accent.

… that it only takes one slowing walking person in the grocery store to destroy the illusion that I’m a nice person?

… that when people say they like my personality, I say, ‘Thanks, I have six more.’

… that I love having a best friend that, when people see us together, say, ‘Oh my god, there’s two of them.’

… that I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t drink coffee and say ‘Fuck’ a lot.


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  1. I'm right beside you with the slow walking people... or maybe even in front of you.

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    1. Be slow, but move to the EFFING side!!!!!

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  2. aussieguy8:31 AM

    We're basically twins. Practically every one of these could be my mantra. I stay out of grocery stores to keep the murder rate down. God knows I drink coffee and 'Fuck' seems to be my go-to word of late...and common sense is WAY under-rated!

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    1. I have often considered murder in the produce section.
      And Fuck is a word I use more often than I care to think about.

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  3. Trucker/sailor/construction one -- LOL!

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    1. What can I say, I have a colorful vocabulary.

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  4. I swear when I drop things, spill things, make a mess. Which is a lot more often and I blame it on the gravitational anomaly of New Mexico. I also swear when the "easy open" package puts up a fight, when technological devices do any damn thing they want, when I'm trying to things that require three hands...so, like all day long.

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    1. Why can't the contents of a cereal box be put into a ziploc style bag instead of those glued shut wax papery motherfu .... 😓

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  5. Not just in the grocery store.

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    1. Well, I think that popped into my head after one painful trip to the store but, yeah, slow people need to stay home.

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  6. Ahhhh ... My favorite day of the week to visit you!

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  7. Anonymous11:00 AM

    the dog's mother
    chortle!
    xoxo :-)

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    1. Chortling keeps my insanity levels down.
      xoxo

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  8. Cleora Borealis11:52 AM

    In grocery stores, I get most unnerved by the opposite of slow. Even at age 69.5, I move fast (which will eventually be the cause of a fall and a broken hip 😬), and I try to be nice to those who are slower. But, I give no kindness to those who are fast with a cart! People who are pushing a cart very fast are often not looking as they move into a center aisle and many of them don't apologize for damned-near knocking down a senior citizen!! I usually shout "terrorist!" in their direction before I move back into my nice old lady resting demeanor. Hubby and I start any public appearance with the mantra posted on our front door: "Handle every interaction with every person as if you will have to spend the rest of your life with that person in a very small room." -- This is a quote by Michael Mescon, the brilliant Dean Emeritus of Managerial Studies and Public Policy at Georgia State University. I used the quote often when I was a corporate trainer in harassment prevention and diversity. I shudder to think how hubby and I would react to other humans in public if we didn't absorb that mantra before leaving home!! 😊

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    1. I'll take fast as long as they get out of my way; the dawdlers deserve whatever punishment I choose to inflict.
      My quote is: GET OUT OF MY WAY! 🤣

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  9. Hoarders used to be the impetus to me cleaning...I never wanted my house to look like one of those. Now I live with my daughter, who has such tendencies, and I avoid her areas of the house.

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    1. I have never been a hoarder but I have been very sloppy at times!

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  10. Bob's free advice - priceless. For everything else, there's MasterCard.

    Will Jay

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    1. Just drop by anytime for my advice!!

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  11. Barbara Anne1:20 PM

    For some brilliant common sense, check out Bernie Sanders on 3 chopped up segments on Stephen Colbert's show - You-tube, of course.

    I enjoy your blog!

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, and thanks for the compliment. 😊

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  12. My mom is a hoarder and actually made her watch the first episode of Hoarders with me about 3 weeks ago

    She wasn't as bad as the people in the episode but she could turn into at least one of them

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    1. I imagine it becomes more difficult as time goes on to try and stop.

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  13. I turn “Brooklyn” when I swear. I almost never swore when I lived in Brooklyn. What da fuck is up wit dat?

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    1. Yeah, I do take on a different affect when I'm on a swearing tear!

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  14. "that instead of cleaning the house, I turn on an episode of Hoarders and think, ‘Well, my house looks pretty good." LMAO!!!!!!!!

    One got some goods zinger today toots! I think Anne Marie went to the same linguistics school.

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    1. I actually keep a rather nerat home because neither Carlos or I are into having a lot of things.
      Just one of the many things I adored about Anne Marie was her use of the perfect curses.

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  15. I adore this post, and we seem to share many of the same thoughts, I swear.

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    1. I don't think we're all so different from one another. At least in some ways!

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  16. Hoarders! I loved that show. I'd watch it and look around at my own lack of housekeeping and think "yeah, I'm okay still". These days I sweep the floors at least once a year.

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    1. I have never seen the show, and I don't consider myself a hoarder at all; I like a little minimalism.

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  17. I am sure you could get professional counselling for being yourself Bob. It must be a terrible burden to bear!

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