Should I Eat This Piece of Chocolate? (The "Should I" Game.)

[seoulsearch]

ehhh, see, i guess i'm from another place. those who live in the amusement land of mischievous want to assume the rest of the world does too. i guess i'd think it's kind of weird if other folks didn't ever dance in their underwear. or jump on their bed. or dance with their dog. or make up weird voices for the neighborhood cats. or teach their dog french and german for kicks (she's not fond of the spanish language).

actually, i have no time to imagine folks doing anything, because at this very moment, i'm currently debating making a catapulting launcher for the big, fat, obnoxious squirrel who lives on my rooftop and harasses me every chance he gets.

You had me at "catapulting launcher". Ah, be still my beating heart.

And, squirrels can be bad enough... but and obnoxious, obese, harassing squirrel?! He gets what he gets.

Should I ask to borrow gypsy's catapulting launcher?

And should I use it on various mammals who walk upright, instead of on all fours?

 

[gypsygirl]

You had me at "catapulting launcher". Ah, be still my beating heart.

And, squirrels can be bad enough... but and obnoxious, obese, harassing squirrel?! He gets what he gets.

Should I ask to borrow gypsy's catapulting launcher?

And should I use it on various mammals who walk upright, instead of on all fours?

only if said mammals can fit inside of a standard catcher's mitt. : )

otherwise, i say chill them with kindness. i always get along better with difficult beings if i can imagine hot coals on their head. : )

 

[CarolSampaio]

ehhh, see, i guess i'm from another place. those who live in the amusement land of mischievous want to assume the rest of the world does too. i guess i'd think it's kind of weird if other folks didn't ever dance in their underwear. or jump on their bed. or try mastering that dance i always see at jewish weddings. or make up weird voices for the neighborhood cats. or teach their dog french and german for kicks (she's not fond of the spanish language).

actually, i have no time to imagine folks doing anything, because at this very moment, i'm currently debating making a catapulting launcher for the big, fat, obnoxious squirrel who lives on my rooftop and harasses me every chance he gets.

Wow!!! Just love this place!!!

But instead of antagonizing the squirrel, try to befriend him!! You'll see they have the most wonderful secrets!!! And they also know about everybody's business!!!

Trust me!! Keep the little critter on your side!!!

 

[seoulsearch]

only if said mammals can fit inside of a standard catcher's mitt. : )

otherwise, i say chill them with kindness. i always get along better with difficult beings if i can imagine hot coals on their head. : )

So you're saying I can catapult hot coals at various mammal's heads... Got it!

(Imagine having me as one of your students in Sunday School... Yes. I drove some of my poor teachers crazy. )

My store is having a sale on charcoal right now.

Should I stock up?

 

[gypsygirl]

Wow!!! Just love this place!!!

But instead of antagonizing the squirrel, try to befriend him!! You'll see they have the most wonderful secrets!!! And they also know about everybody's business!!!

Trust me!! Keep the little critter on your side!!!

hmmm. what makes you think he's not on my side?

have you ever heard the phrase, "keep your friends close, and your enemies closer"? ; p

come to my place and discover how much love you'll have for a squirrel who throws things at you, goes dashing overhead every opportunity he gets, and stands next to my door barking and snarking at me. : )

p.s. welcome to the forum, carol s. and what a beautiful smile you have. : )

 

[CarolSampaio]

hmmm. what makes you think he's not on my side?

have you ever heard the phrase, "keep your friends close, and your enemies closer"? ; p

come to my place and discover how much love you'll have for a squirrel who throws things at you, goes dashing overhead every opportunity he gets, and stands next to my door barking and snarking at me. : )

p.s. welcome to the forum, carol s. and what a beautiful smile you have. : )

Wow!! Thanks!!! * blushes *

But I'm kinda not right in the head... so I would probably bark back and then I would try to feed him until he would talk to me nicely!!!

 

[seoulsearch]

hmmm. what makes you think he's not on my side?

have you ever heard the phrase, "keep your friends close, and your enemies closer"? ; p

come to my place and discover how much love you'll have for a squirrel who throws things at you, goes dashing overhead every opportunity he gets, and stands next to my door barking and snarking at me. : )

p.s. welcome to the forum, carol s. and what a beautiful smile you have. : )

I dunno, gyps.

If you ask me, that squirrel is acting like a 10-year-old grade-school boy with a huge crush.

I think he likes you!

This reminds me of a story... I once worked with a woman who was in her mid-50's and was paranoid of everything. She had never married ("Men are too germy", she said), never went out, never had friends, never laughed at jokes. And I tried so hard!!!

The only thing she ever talked about was taking care of her house, and one day, she told us, "Oh, it was terrible! I woke up this morning and there was this big, fat, hairy squirrel looking right at me through my window!!!"

Trying to make a joke of it, I said, "Well, Mildred (not her real name, but close), it's better than having a big, fat, hairy man looking straight at you through your window!"

She didn't even crack a smile, and went right on talking about this awful squirrel. Sigh.

(And no, I wasn't trying to insult men of different sizes or with various amounts of hair. I just thought it was funny that she was so freaked out by a squirrel... that she clearly saw as some kind of Peeping Tom.)

 

[gypsygirl]

So you're saying I can catapult hot coals at various mammal's heads... Got it!

(Imagine having me as one of your students in Sunday School... Yes. I drove some of my poor teachers crazy. )

My store is having a sale on charcoal right now.

Should I stock up?

well, to be clear, i only VISUALIZE the hot coals. because i'm pretty sure these are metaphorical coals and you can't see them. hence, the need to envision them yourself. : )

 

[CatHerder]

ehhh, see, i guess i'm from another place. those who live in the amusement land of mischievous want to assume the rest of the world does too. i guess i'd think it's kind of weird if other folks didn't ever dance in their underwear. or jump on their bed. or try mastering that dance i always see at jewish weddings. or make up weird voices for the neighborhood cats. or teach their dog french and german for kicks (she's not fond of the spanish language).

actually, i have no time to imagine folks doing anything, because at this very moment, i'm currently debating making a catapulting launcher for the big, fat, obnoxious squirrel who lives on my rooftop and harasses me every chance he gets.

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Here is all you need to master the horah! I would not advise going to Jewish weddings in your underwear to dance this until you really know what you are doing - best to have about three or four weddings under your belt first.

And interestingly enough, when I was teaching high school, the french teacher had her dog trained to only follow commands in french. She would bring him in (some sort of wire terrier) for the second year students when they were learning imperatives. She was awesome! My oboe player in band was a student we had in common. He was her TA and got pooper scooper doody.

 

[gypsygirl]

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Here is all you need to master the horah! I would not advise going to Jewish weddings in your underwear to dance this until you really know what you are doing - best to have about three or four weddings under your belt first.

And interestingly enough, when I was teaching high school, the french teacher had her dog trained to only follow commands in french. She would bring him in (some sort of wire terrier) for the second year students when they were learning imperatives. She was awesome! My oboe player in band was a student we had in common. He was her TA and got pooper scooper doody.

haahaaha, that's awesome! i have been to a few jewish weddings, but none in recent days. but, most importantly, i can't imagine how awful it would be to not be prepared, were i to receive an invite to one. oh, the horah!!!

anyway, yeah, chloe actually knows commands in german, french, and the standard hand signals. well, english too. when i first got her, she had all this energy and enthusiasm and no real training, which meant she was kind of a spazz (which is why we get along so well). so i spent 6 months running her through every obstacle and agility course i could find. after learning a lot, and developing all that self confidence, she kind of settled down.

oh, and she knows some italian too. but she's not allowed to repeat that--not in my house!

 

[seoulsearch]

well, to be clear, i only VISUALIZE the hot coals. because i'm pretty sure these are metaphorical coals and you can't see them. hence, the need to envision them yourself. : )

Aw crud. This just takes the fun out of everything.

Should I admit... that I don't have a very good imagination... and am better with real life physical examples?

(Should I stop before gypsy catapults something at me herself and gives me a well-deserved concussion...?)

And, leave it to Catherder to give us our cultural lesson for the day!

 

[seoulsearch]

haahaaha, that's awesome! i have been to a few jewish weddings, but none in recent days. but, most importantly, i can't imagine how awful it would be to not be prepared, were i to receive an invite to one. oh, the horah!!!

anyway, yeah, chloe actually knows commands in german, french, and the standard hand signals. well, english too. when i first got her, she had all this energy and enthusiasm and no real training, which meant she was kind of a spazz (which is why we get along so well). so i spent 6 months running her through every obstacle and agility course i could find. after learning a lot, and developing all that self confidence, she kind of settled down.

oh, and she knows some italian too. but she's not allowed to repeat that--not in my house!

It's pretty depressing when you realize that you only speak one language... but your friend's DOG is multi-lingual.

It's even more deflating when you also realize said friend's dog even knows sign language as well.

I've voting that gypsy's dog should be the one to go to the the Jewish wedding and not me.

Because obviously, I'm betting Chloe will be A LOT more fluent in Yiddish than I am.

Shalom!

 

[kodiak]

Should I admit... that I don't have a very good imagination... and am better with real life physical examples?

no, just dress up like a pie and hand out pies to your friends next pi day. Everyone will think you have a good imagination.
Should I dress up like Bigfoot and walk in downtown Boston? (They are filming ghostbusters there now, so walk through filming?)