22 Jun 2018, 7:34 pm
Thank god nobody knows my real identity yet. At least they can take a joke... 
We all know who Batman is. Hihi.
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22 Jun 2018, 7:38 pm
humor can be a dicey thing for us types, sometimes at least. 
22 Jun 2018, 7:41 pm
Did not know you were a gambling man. Two Face I presume?
Laughter is my music.
Apologies for the off-topic.
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22 Jun 2018, 7:45 pm
laughter has kept me alive as well. 
23 Jun 2018, 11:13 am
Auntblabby, did something happen that I miss? 
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23 Jun 2018, 4:40 pm
well sir, I can't speak with certainty for you as I am not [especially] psychic, but I can say for ME that I miss things all the time and i'm still alive to tell about it
I think a lot of us aspies miss things, comes with the territory. I know the feeling of uncertainty and worry that can come about in these occasions, so I distract myself with other things. 
23 Jun 2018, 4:43 pm
well sir, I can't speak with certainty for you as I am not [especially] psychic, but I can say for ME that I miss things all the time and i'm still alive to tell about it
I think a lot of us aspies miss things, comes with the territory. I know the feeling of uncertainty and worry that can come about in these occasions, so I distract myself with other things. But your worldly wisdom, shamanic powers and crystal ball help out a lot I believe
(I shall leave out the sexiness of course, let's stay humble
)And please, don't call me sir, no need, equal we are all.
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23 Jun 2018, 5:17 pm
pardon moi, a habit of military life even though I took pains to avoid officers whenever possible, and NCOs as well as they'd yell at me and i'd say sir to them and they'd yell louder and say they @#$%ing WORKED for a @#$%ing living. 
but I sure hope I can live up to your estimation of "worldly wisdom, shamanic powers and crystal ball help"
23 Jun 2018, 5:36 pm
'put the kettle on'
in my head I see this
23 Jun 2018, 7:56 pm
Me too
I, and most folks do. That's what you're supposed to do to get the meaning.
Every time though? Most people only hear the intended meaning once they know what it is, which is why conversations are so thick with metaphors and such, as the literal meaning is ignored most of the time.
I don't think most people would talk the way they do if they were as literal- (and visual-) minded as me!
I have a friend who talks in cliches, metaphors, etc. a LOT. But he also gets them wrong a fair bit. Often I get confused so I ask him what he means, and he finds he doesn't actually know, when he tries to explain the words he used.
That is also true.
I try to avoid mixing metaphors. But all human languages are so thick with metaphors that its often hard to avoid.
George Orwell wrote a famous essay about language and politics that was in one of my college textbooks. In it he complained that "time and time again I have seen in print" the phrase "the fascist octopus has sung its swan song".
Not only is that mixing metaphors but its fun to try to visualize.
Imagine an octopus, and octopus wearing swastika armbands, and sporting a Hitler mustache, and wearing a Hitler type military hat. And then imagine the octopus lifting its tentacles, and then, breaking out into an operatic aria, and then...keeling over dead.
I had the misconception that the term "swan song" had something to do with the ballet "Swan Lake", but its a reference to something else. But just for the hell of it imagine our "fascist octopus" is also wearing a ballerina's tutu and that he expires on stage with the feminine grace of a ballerina. All in all its quite a workout for your brain to try to picture that!
23 Jun 2018, 7:58 pm
in my head I see this
For a second I thought that that guy was a "pot head".
But I see that he is a "kettle head".
I wonder if pot heads ever call him "black".
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24 Jun 2018, 12:02 pm
Even after 30 years living around here, I still have to stifle a giggle whenever anyone uses the word "blobbed". Around here, it's used to mean "didn't show up", as in; "I was late because my bus blobbed". Every time, I imagine what a terrible job it would be to go around clearing up huge piles of sticky, stinky mucus from the streets. 
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