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"It doesn't take a lot to turn me into a dumbass..."

Had a couple of little "incidents" lately that caught me off-guard. Just little, mundane, everyday things that went slightly skewiff and lost any sense of protocol. The first was the other day when I went for a shave. I picked up the razor and the head was already off, but it stopped me in my tracks for a second, like one of those moments of clarity, but it was a moment of stupidity. It was like I was unsure what to do next - my brain says to remove the head, but there wasn't one on the razor. That's all it took to make me stop and think for a second.

The other happened today, and it had an extra human element. I was about to open the door to get the milk in, when a delivery man knocked. My hand was on the handle, but the man hadn't seen me about to open the door, and I hadn't seen him. There was a sudden lapse of concentration, and even though I was about to open the door, I still took a longer pause than I should have. Somehow, the process of ringing, looking (or waiting, depending on your perspective) and opening skipped a stage, leaving us both a bit confused. He rang, door opened - what happened to waiting!? It was simple, but it threw us both. It was only a Yellow Pages anyway, so he won't be back for a year, and I might not be in then.

And Monkey Man, you say that this only SOMETIMES happens to you?


What does that mean for me?!? :-S

:-D

Timmargh wrote:
> My dad does that, but he's virtually deaf - when there's any
> background noise he can hardly understand a word you're saying. He
> say's it's like a lottery, trying to figure out whether to agree or
> disagree.

the lottery bit made me laugh

SHEEPY wrote:
> I do that when somebody asks a question and I can't hear them..
>
> I wait a few seconds then
>
> a) Ask them to repeat
> b) Say 'yes' or 'no' in the hope its right


Heh. I ask once, and if I still can't hear them I mumble something and hope they leave me alone :^D

I'm like that, I say "Yes" or "No" then depending on their reaction, I'll ask what the question was. I really should just ask right away.

I hate being in noisy places (like a packed pub) when somebody is telling the group a story, because I can never hear anything. If I don't laugh at the end, it looks odd because everyone else did, but if I do, I risk being asked for MY opinion on it. Look like a bit of an idiot when you basically say "I found that funny... what did you actually say?"

SHEEPY wrote:
> I do that when somebody asks a question and I can't hear them..
>
> I wait a few seconds then
>
> a) Ask them to repeat
> b) Say 'yes' or 'no' in the hope its right
*****
My dad does that, but he's virtually deaf - when there's any background noise he can hardly understand a word you're saying. He say's it's like a lottery, trying to figure out whether to agree or disagree.

I do that when somebody asks a question and I can't hear them..

I wait a few seconds then

a) Ask them to repeat
b) Say 'yes' or 'no' in the hope its right

Hedfix wrote:
> Do you smoke a lot of dope?

Basically what I thought as well!

Hedfix wrote:
> with 10 mins between the posts?

NTL was being gay, I clicked "post this message" and nothing happened for age's, so I clicked it again.

Now THAT'S some serious lag!

UrkiE-UK wrote:
> Like Double Posting?

with 10 mins between the posts?