Taking things literally!
I remember when I was in 5th grade and we were going to get our pictures taken and we had to fill out a card which had a choice of backgrounds; well one of them was "lasers" so I thought "oh great, I can ask the technician all sorts of questions about how they work and, ... ect". To say the least I was sorely disappointed when I realized it was only a picture of lasers on canvas that I would be standing in front of.
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"To the end, my dear." ~ Stravinsky
One of the first instructions stated "rinse with water before tasting". I took this to mean that I should rinse the marshmallows before tasting and did so.
A few years ago I helped a police friend of mine do some training of new recruits in how to arrest a person. My friend knows how I can be and asked if I could be "very literal" for the recruits. I don't recall all the phrases the recruits uttered but do recall my friend sitting on the ground laughing.
I used to get upset when I'd look out the classroom window, and see the parking space for the minibus empty. I'd immediately think "no minibus," then "nominibus", and before I knew it I was obsessively declining Latin nouns, and unable to concentrate on anything else.
It still happens sometimes, when I see a minibus pull out of a parking space... you'd be surprised how often that happens.
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Now a penguin may look very strange in a living room, but a living room looks very strange to a penguin.
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