Ron, I always keep my promises.
Ok, usually. On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 2:37 AM, X Acto <[email protected]> wrote: > promises, promises... > > in response to: if you don't like that finger shaking, ron, I got one right next to it I could show you. And so we continue the friendly banter: You asked for it Ron, HERE IT IS!! (oh wait, that's not a finger, that's my thumb. Do thumbs count as fingers?) Cuz the nice things about thumbs is that they can exist as signs on the knife edge of ambiguity, before the vituperation gets out of hand, like when Ceaser holds it out in front of the crowd, thumbs down? thumbs up? Dunno. Stick it in your mouth and hold it in the air. See which way the wind is blowing I guess. Ron: > an you know where you can stick it Me: Yup. In the air. I'm a thumbs-up kinda guy. I look at it (ever since Sissy Hankshaw beguiled me) as a hitchhiker's gesture. Are we going the same way? Want some company? But the answer to that question seems like a negative from the way this dialogue is going. playing out like a long-running tape in my head from my childhood... being admonished by dad from the driver's seat on a long trip. Me: But da-a-d, he started it. Dad: I don't care WHO started it young man, I'm finishing it. Shut it! Me: Its not fair, your always sticking up for him. Dad: That's because you're the oldest, he's littler than you and can't stick up for himself. Now sit there and shut up or you're on time out. Me: (muttering under my breath) Dad: What was that? Me: (glares and makes a key-locking motion with my fingers on my lips) Dad: You answer me young man, right now or you're in big trouble. Me: You said I was supposed to shut up. And anyway, whats the difference between "shutting up and "time out"? I mean, aren't they the same thing in experience? Dad: Stop arguing with me and answer my question. What did you say? Me: nuthin. Dad: Yes you did, I saw your lips move. What did you say? Me: I was just mad, I didn't mean it. Please don't make me say it. Dad: Right now, or I'm stopping this car. Me: OK, ok.. I said "bear killer". Dad jams on the breaks and I'm in for it now. Ok, ok. I can't interpret experience purely from MY experience because I have a certain view, certain problems, certain life patterns that impose themselves upon all kinds of situations. Call it, "inappropriate displacement" or whatever psycho-jargon is popular at the moment, but something in me sorta reacts to the "stop picking on your brother" admonition in this sullen and rebellious manner. sorry. So go ahead and leave me beside the road if you gotta do that. I'm used to it by now. Just don't peek in your rear view mirror unless you wanna see that ole thumb flip into the bird. Dad: That's it. You're on TIMEOUT! Me: How long? Dad: Till I say so, that's how long! Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
