tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897882981515430685.post3091649903434580201..comments2024-01-11T22:42:27.863+11:00Comments on Matron Down Under: Have I mentioned that I'm a little bit dumb?Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07969357513275063157noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897882981515430685.post-46307314936227271482010-06-30T02:45:53.273+10:002010-06-30T02:45:53.273+10:00I don't know what this says about me, but I do...I don't know what this says about me, but I don't think that any of these things are dumb. Well, maybe letting the kid whack you in the face with a lipstick...gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00952840544630534206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897882981515430685.post-34832697240055733942010-06-29T05:59:17.332+10:002010-06-29T05:59:17.332+10:00Here, this will make you feel better: I was headed...Here, this will make you feel better: I was headed out of Pittsburgh yesterday on a lovely Sunday morning, stopped in traffic for a red light and there are 2 white-haired ladies selling flowers on the sidewalk. I see an elderly gentleman buying a bouquet of roses and I think, *Aw, How sweet, he's still buying roses for his wife* (and who knows why he was buying them) and the scene was just so pleasant, I kid you not, I gave him a thumbs up. <br />Thumbs up to someone I *knew* I didn't know. <br />He just looked at me, probably way confused. And I felt like a boob. <br /><br />My grandmother and I just discussed how we are both likely to profusely (but sincerely) compliment strangers in the grocery checkout, too. <br /><br />And I think, living in Australia, that wailing sound could've been *anything.*Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12346270516836690158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897882981515430685.post-14465377188777228432010-06-27T13:56:14.878+10:002010-06-27T13:56:14.878+10:00Thanks guys, but I'm still not convinced. As a...Thanks guys, but I'm still not convinced. As as for my IQ,Dad--that was a long time ago. I'm pretty sure I've sloughed off some brain cells since then.<br /><br />Ginny--hi! I do the same thing. Including the not saying hello when I actually DO know the person.<br /><br />Michele--I know, normally I would've been too freaked out to stop, but the car WAS in fact smoking, and the dude had a fatherly vibe. Maybe the Zodiac guy did too, though. :)<br /><br />Maggie--That made me laugh! I could totally see myself doing that. I'm sure he just thought you were chatty. ;) <br /><br />Beck--I did have my glasses on actually, which makes it all the more embarrassing. And--ZOMBATS! Love it.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07969357513275063157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897882981515430685.post-5148605482060524932010-06-27T13:06:02.068+10:002010-06-27T13:06:02.068+10:00Okay, you're totally in the clear with all of ...Okay, you're totally in the clear with all of these because that sound under the car was totally going to be a zombified wombat. Or a wombified zombat. Not good.<br /><br />And were you wearing your glasses in scenario 2?Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06517252487552392654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897882981515430685.post-9535253499797078962010-06-26T02:06:43.361+10:002010-06-26T02:06:43.361+10:00I was thinking of pointing out your well documente...I was thinking of pointing out your well documented high IQ, but then I read on about the imagined mostly dead hitchhiker being dragged under the car and...Camp Papahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03918758148818443535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897882981515430685.post-82826080925428017832010-06-26T01:04:24.876+10:002010-06-26T01:04:24.876+10:00The other night I had a long conversation with a b...The other night I had a long conversation with a boy at the drive-through of McDonalds thinking he was the boyfriend of my bud's daughter. HE WAS NOT. Now he thinks I am a batty old lady hitting on him. Wow, I am a winner.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00879981735515382112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897882981515430685.post-84013144044368356572010-06-25T23:59:03.953+10:002010-06-25T23:59:03.953+10:00Amy, Now I will refute your various claims of Dumb...Amy, Now I will refute your various claims of Dumbness:<br />1. You are giving Grace tactile experiences as any baby needs.(Just watch those corneas as she swings things in your face!)<br />2. You're a friendly, open person seeking connections with others.That lady you came across would LIKE to know you. Her loss.<br />3. Cars are big mysterious things. Who on earth can fathom their inner lives? I would also have assumed I had hit and was dragging a large hairy zombie or such. That would scare me to break down in the middle of the night all by myself. You handled the situation well.<br />How nice there was a person to help you and another one to come pick you up.delainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01519073646760104147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897882981515430685.post-49717201090747235922010-06-25T23:40:12.121+10:002010-06-25T23:40:12.121+10:00Oh my, what a night. No, I do not think you are d...Oh my, what a night. No, I do not think you are dumb. Do you know how many people would not even have a clue about the social nuances of which you are aware?<br />I would have driven off with dust in my path if a man pulled up next to me and said my car had a problem. (Anyone seen the movie "Zodiac"????) And then I would have stalled and then died of a nervous breakdown. I think you did wayyyy alright.Michele Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17030846420862437581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897882981515430685.post-82128556147747045462010-06-25T23:20:08.457+10:002010-06-25T23:20:08.457+10:00I always wave at people I think I know, and leave ...I always wave at people I think I know, and leave them looking very confused and wondering if they really know me! And the answer is no, you don't really know me! And then I totally ignore people I actually am supposed to know but I'm not sure who they are, and I look like I'm quite the snob, which I'm really not. Honestly!Ginny Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14579981666900022792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897882981515430685.post-72746365535828130812010-06-25T23:04:18.520+10:002010-06-25T23:04:18.520+10:00Oh dear! to think that I put you through that last...Oh dear! to think that I put you through that last night, so sorry!<br />I was actually wondering how you figured your car was overheating (coz honestly who looks at those temp gauges unless you drive an old bomb like we used to until last year:)) So...don't feel dumb about that or the other stuff coz you're not, you just have a lot going on!Joyfulmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01888086629467112175noreply@blogger.com