When I was born, they slapped my Mother!

@James72 (26790)
Australia
March 31, 2009 2:41am CST
Why? Because the Doctors probably realized way before anyone else did, that I was going to be chaotic and messed in the head! As one of my favourite quotes states: "You laugh at me because I'm different. I laugh at YOU because you're all the same!" So taking this quote and using it as the focus here, where do you feel YOU belong in this world? Are you being laughed at and doing the laughing in return? Or are you one of these conformists that are all concerned with being prim and proper all the time? Sure we have to take life seriously at times too, but it's all about balance! I say throw caution to the wind and confuse the living crap out of people as often as you can. Hit them up with the unexpected at every opportunity and turn the tide of too much seriousness in this world! Go to McDonalds and order a curry..... Spend some time at the airport constantly asking the Help Desk when the next boat is leaving..... Turn up at the movies with a blindfold on and keep screaming out "Can someone tell me what just happened??" at 5 minute intervals..... Take a trip to a monastery where the monks have taken a vow of silence and tease them like you would one of those Buckingham Palace Guards (Hitting them up constantly with the statement "Sorry? What was that?" really does get to them after a while)..... Who's with me?
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
31 Mar 09
hahahaha.... if your intention was to make me laugh then you get all kudos for some reason i haven't been able to do that more often of late. Thanks. And as to your idea I would rather do something funny things to make my friends laugh for a while and getting the same laugh later when they remember it. And James I think I am the one who allows others to laugh at myself as and when required. That helps me to let go and helps in being myself.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
31 Mar 09
Laugh and the world laughs with you..... Cry and...... Well, a panda spanker is STILL gonna laugh at you anyways, so you may as well just keep on laughing too! Be happy, be crazy and be FREE, mimpi!
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
31 Mar 09
I went to a curry house and ordered a McDonalds - had the same effect as a curry. That burning ring of fire. I went to Staples and asked for a paper clip. I went to the tyre centre and asked for one that wasn't tired. I went to the Ministry of Defence and asked them to give me a quote for a little picket job for the front of the house. I went to the Church of Latter Day Saints and asked if they had a record by Peter, Paul and Mary - I'm into trad saints. I asked the Saab dealer if he had a car that wasn't so Indian. The guards at Buckingham Palace have asked me to invite you for a little religious ceremony all of your own just round the corner from there. They promise that you will see stars and that then you'll understand why it's called St James's Palace. LOL.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
31 Mar 09
I knew I could count on you to have many angles covered, Mr Pike! You'll drive me to the meeting with the Buckingham Palace Guards, yes? Can we go in a Saab and stop for curried McDonalds on the way? After this meeting, maybe we can go to the Oceanarium and ask for fish and chips! Either that, or we can hit up Madame Tussaud's, convert all the mannequins into candles and then cut the electricity!
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
31 Mar 09
No probs. Whilst we are there perhaps we could pop into the Planetarium and ask them to turn the lights on and the Army Museum and ask where the legies are kept?
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
31 Mar 09
lol. Perfect! I'll go get my skivvy..... Can we also go and ask one of the owners of those convenience stores that are open 24/7 WHY they have locks on their doors???
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
31 Mar 09
I am wondering why none of my friends new discussions are going to my inbox..I have always said I was messed up and dysfunctional..Instead of singing I love you, you love me, were a happy family.. I would sing. I hate you ,you hate me, were a dysfunctional family..I don't conform to just the box i do step out of it occasionally but the box for me is stable. And at times I need that. I can do the McDonald's things and the blindfold at the movies..although I better keep one eye open because sometimes Kentuckians can be plum mean and I would need to be able to duck when I seen something flying at my head or nose..lol The others although fun are just to far to go to be able to do that and mighty hard without a vehicle..Full Steam ahead James...
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
1 Apr 09
Okay One helmet coming up..just hope I can find one that fits, and is durable enough to withstand the trauma that it might have to take.. Well we could gang up on Barnie and go panda on him...lol the song was song in fun and we always got a giggle out of it..atleast I didn't shoot Barnie with a 44 and tie his nuts to the floor...like some of the other songs about him.say..lolWell, I am off to bed.. I gotta start keeping better hours..
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
1 Apr 09
For the record, if you were to shoot Barney in the nuts with a .44, I'd not only have absolutely no issues with this at all; but I'd probably also give you a medal! Sleep well then and yes, you certainly DO keep some odd hours!
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
31 Mar 09
I guess the box IS stable, sure! But it's always good to test it's mettle by steppping outside of it every now and then! I'm not overly enthused with your new song wording here mtdewgurl, but I DO appreciate that you're prepared to give Barney's version a miss because that dude needs a whuppin'! Anyways, glad to see you're on board and given the Kentuckian meanness you just shared, make sure you wear a blindfold AND a helmet from now on!
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@riyasam (16556)
• India
31 Mar 09
you have given such beautiful suggesstions!!!i am known to go deaf and dumb when i want to(especially when i want to do something and my loved ones advice me against it,i act as it i havent heard them)my mother says that i was such a troublesome child that she used to put her hands up in despair and say,oh god,what sin did i do???(ofcourse,thats past tense,now i am such a sweet woman(acc to me)betting eyelashes)
@riyasam (16556)
• India
31 Mar 09
thanks for the warning!!!!(sarcastic)i feel like smacking that knowing smile of my mother as if i told you so when i am tearing my hair(especially now as her exams are going on and i am supposed to take her studies!!)
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
31 Mar 09
Oh, you're so very welcome Mable. (Sarcastic)
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
31 Mar 09
The deafness is probably caused by all that cake in a can you've been eating, Mable! I'm glad you outgrew your troublesome youth then, because you can be a handful as it is! (Don;t think you can fool me with those batting eyelashes either) The best thing of all though, is that these things usually come full circle and it'll only be a matter of time before your own kids have you throwing your hands up in despair too! And there your Mum will be, laughing her butt off!
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@savak03 (6684)
• United States
31 Mar 09
When I was born I slapped the doctor. He had cold hands. But back to the subject at hand. I have never been a conformist. Since the world is out to get me I do my best to get it first.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
31 Mar 09
Oooooooh I bet THAT was a shock for him! lol. "The world is out to get you, but you do your best to get it first"? Good attitude to have I reckon. And it's solid proof that you're definitely not a conformist too. Paranoid maybe, but not a conformist!
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
31 Mar 09
But I AM normal! It's everyone else that's weird!
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@savak03 (6684)
• United States
31 Mar 09
Yeah, I'll go with paranoid. However, that don;t make me dangerous because I recognize the tendency in myself. The dangerous ones are the ones who think they are normal.
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@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
31 Mar 09
Very nice suggestions James! Yeah, those were a bunch of very neat and cool ideas! I'm actually congratulating you now and shaking your hand! but I just started being a conformist yesterday. So, no thanks.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
31 Mar 09
You started to become a conformist yesterday??? Now why the heck didya go and do THAT for then??? Jeeza Theresa (You like the rhyme there? lol) snap out of this immediately please. The world needs you to be left of centre, not walking the line!
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@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
31 Mar 09
Jumping Jellyfish James!( inspired from Batman and Robin) I dunno. I guess I just grew tired conforming to the idea of not conforming because conforming to non-conformism only makes you a conforming non-conformist. Uhhh...I think I dropped my brain *looking around for my brain
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
31 Mar 09
Holy snapping turtle doo-doo Theresa! One must not conform to conformity, neither should one conform to non-conformity either, for this is still conforming! The goal here is to just BE. (Don't get upset but I think I may have just slipped on your brain. You really shouldn't have let it end up on the floor)
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@alokn99 (5717)
• India
31 Mar 09
And what happens when i laugh at myself ? Confirmists..No it is about balance and given a chance i would love to let go. CAn i come on that trip to the monastery ? What was that and a lot of other questions i think i would have for them, more like a stuck record. BTW. did you trace that doctor out, who messed your head? I would like to shake his hand.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
31 Mar 09
Consider laughing at yourself to be an energy source Alok. The more sincere and insane the laughter, the greater the recharge! And of course you may come with me to the monastery! I need a second because I want to line up a whole heap of monks and then play skittles with 'em. (They'll be the skittles) I can't do this on my own! I'm not sure what happened to that Doctor either I'm afraid. Last I heard, he had gender reassignment and is now operating a nail salon in Greenland.
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@hiddenwing (3719)
• China
31 Mar 09
Pretty good idea, sir! I guess when you were in school, your teacher and your classmates might suffer a lot! Did you put a frog or a snake under someone's desk? lol One of my friends claimed that he was a vegan and he got sick of meat dish! But I don't believe he is really sensitive to meat! So, one day, when he didn't pay close attention to his dish, other two folks and I mixed our chicken slices with his vegetables. "Is it tofu (bean curd)?" he asked! "Absolutely", we answered with one voice! "It is just delicious," he said! We couldn't help chuckling and telling him the truth! "Oh my! I am gonna faint!" He screamed. I think that guy is a goody two shoes! haha
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
31 Mar 09
To be honest I WAS pretty disruptive in my school years, yes! No snakes or frogs were involved though. lol. Goodness me, so you punked a vegan??? My advice is to never punk a vegan that's big enough to kick your butt, 'cos they don't take too kindly to jokes like these from my experience! lol.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
31 Mar 09
I LOOK like a small child sometimes? lol. No offence taken at all, but how can I LOOK like a small child when all you get to see are typed words? lol. Have a safe trip back home then.
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• China
31 Mar 09
That guy is three years older than me. However, I called him "Uncle" since he sort of behaved like a mature-old-man! haha I guess it is good to be childish! By the way, you also look like a small child sometimes! Don't get angry! Well, I just went back from some far far away city! So, now, I am gonna take some special local products that I bought there to some people! Bye bye!
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
31 Mar 09
I'm certainly not a conformist. I like what I like and don't give a rat's patootie if nobody else does. Can't see meself harassing the guards at the palace though. Too much of a smoother (smoother overer). Don't like conflict or whatever. But I'd be peeking around the corner totally snickering...
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
31 Mar 09
Rats have patooties??? It's a shame that the Palace Guards don;t wear kilts, 'cos you could peek up them instead of having to lurk around the corner! I wouldn't harrass Palace Guards either, but I'd probably give the Monks a run for their money!
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
31 Mar 09
I just don't see myself peeking under the kilts either, but if there were a good gust of wind now....
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
1 Apr 09
Leaf blower lol Why don't I just bring my husband's family? That will generate far more wind than a leaf blower...
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@Wizzywig (7847)
31 Mar 09
Oh yes! I'm all for confusing the crap out of people - except when I have to clean it up of course, but we have touched on this matter previously... well, I have... & I didnt even try to confuse them, it just happened!! I think its important to question things like 'kills 99% of household germs' - fine but what if the 1% it doesn't kill is the really lethal one? and 'fun-sized' - how absurd is that? Since when was 'fun' less than 2 inches long? As students, we used to sit on the laps of army cadets in the pub because they were in camouflage so, obviously we couldn't see them. Oddly enough, people seemed to 'see' our non-existent panes of glass that we carried through the streets... The more serious you can look when you ask your questions the better! There is still value in sending people off for pots of elbow grease and long weights/waits/stands.(The word gullible's not in the dictionary, right?) The world will turn in our favour tomorrow James.... April 1st!!!
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
31 Mar 09
That's the spirit Wizzy! Cleaning up confused crap isn't a nice job at all. I agree. Oh, that 1% concerns anthrax apparently. My advice is that you just keep anthrax out of your home and you'll be fine. And maybe the "fun size" at 2 inches IS appropriately named after all? Even with 2 inches, if ya managed to get someone to go near it, it's still gonna be fun for the owner, yes? I love the camouflage gear angle too by the way, because when I was younger and saw someone wearing camouflage pants and the like, I'd "accidentally" bump into them and then apologize by saying "Sorry, I didn't see you there!" lol. Most of the time they didn't actually get it, but I used to find it hilarious myself and that's what matters. I had totally ignored the fact that it IS April 1st tomorrow!!! Dearie me, I'm one day early dagnabbit! Oh well. I have to go now to double check if gullible's in the dictionary or not.....
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@Myrrdin (3599)
• Canada
30 Apr 09
LOL, Wizzywig, your comment reminded me of a job I had while in high school. I worked at a grocery store during my first week or so one of the guys who had been there a lot longer than I sent me over to the store to get shelf stretchers.... I went LOL
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• United States
1 Apr 09
Ok, you already know I was lmao at some of this stuff. I just re-read from the beginning and got the giggles all over again. I'm with ya! There's too much drama occurring just from living life. I like to get away from it as often as I possibly can. OH, btw, I like the suggestion of asking when the next boat leaves, from the airport.*L*
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
1 Apr 09
Never! How could a light hearted and humorous approach to things in life cause any drama's? That's just stupisillydiculous!
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
1 Apr 09
One day I'll actually be at an airport that DOES have boats! And knowing my luck, it'll be some third world country and the boat they DO own was modelled on the Titanic 'cos they got the plans cheap! And yes, there are WAY too many drama's in this world and rather than becoming consumed by them, we should look to release ourselves from this negativity with regular bouts of insanity and inanity!
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• United States
1 Apr 09
I just wonder, sometimes, if my insanity and inanity don't cause some of the drama.*LOL*
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@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
31 Mar 09
Okay I want to be you! I don't have the audacity to scream at the movies though! What can I do? I don't want to conform. I have been fighting that all my life and I'm not winning! I love the fact that you are crazy. Life is insane anyway and if you take a step back and look in, you will see how ridiculously senseless it really is sometimes! And ...Oh James stop annoying the monks!
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
31 Mar 09
Giddy up! [i] * James scoots on over so Paula can sit on the madness bench with him and the others* [/i] You'll NEVER win with comnformity I'm afraid, as society always keeps changing the goalposts! That's why it's better to go your own way and leave a trail. [And seeing as you feel so strongly about the Monks, I guess I have no choice but to leave you with a Monk joke! A man entered the Monastery to begin his sabbatical. This was an order of Monks where speaking was forbidden for the full 10 years of service they were expected to complete. The Head Monk though gave each Monk the opportunity to say 2 words and 2 words only at the conclusion of each year served..... After the first year, the new Monk stood in line waiting to approach the Head Monk and utter his 2 words. Those before him made profound statements such as "God's great" and "Love abounds". When the new Monk approached the Head Monk an was prompted for his 2 word statement, he immediately uttered "Bed hard" and returned to his chambers...... The second year rolled around quickly and the same ceremony took place. Statements such as "Joy begins" and "Forgive all" were echoing throughout the great hall, but when it was the new Monk's turn to speak, this time he uttered only "Food bad"..... The third year presented itself and as per tradition, all the Monks gathered yet again for the ceremony. The new Monk waited patiently in line while the other Monks rattled off their 2 words of wisdom and when it was finally his turn to approach the Head Monk and speak, his words echoed through the hall with great frustration behind them - "I QUIT!" To which the Head Monk replied - "Oh, THANK GOD! You've done nothing but bloody complain since you got here!"
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
31 Mar 09
You are most welcome. My goal is to have to buy MANY benches, just so I can fit us all in!
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@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
31 Mar 09
ROFL! Thanks for making room on the madness bench, I feel better now!
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@vworld4u (143)
• India
1 Apr 09
Nice ideas to follow and see funny side of life! Yes, we all are getting towards more serious face of life in recent times. We are forgetting the laughing face of ours which was there when we were kids! Are we living for our own pride and prestige? I hope to get back my laughter again to my face. It lost it sometime back and I have to start searching for it now! Very cool ideas in that direction! Thanks a lot for the post!
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
1 Apr 09
I love to see the innocence in a child's view of the world and their completely stress free outlook on life! It's a shame we lose this trait as we age. There is humour somewhere in practically everything, yet we get so caught up with life itself that we sometimes fail to see it! I hope you not only FIND your long lost laughter, but you also hold on to it very tightly so you may never lose it again!
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
1 Apr 09
That's the spirit! I like to keep my own chained to my head. There's NO WAY it's going anywhere under these conditions!
@vworld4u (143)
• India
1 Apr 09
Thanks a lot for your wishes. I will try to hold it till my last day if I get it back!
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• Israel
31 Mar 09
I'm with you! all hail the stupid morons!!
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
31 Mar 09
Hang on...... But herein lies the confusion! Are WE the stupid morons and this is good; or are THEY the stupid morons for all being so serious and this is of course bad? And are we hailing as in cheering? Or hailing as in throwing down great big chunks of ice upon their heads? Good to see you're with me though Qorkgirl! lol.
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@CJscott (4187)
• Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
3 Apr 09
Time-less questions to be queried too the great minds of the day. But why can the answer not be yes to all of them?
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
3 Apr 09
Actually this would certainly make things far easier CJ! Yes to all it is!
@mummymo (23706)
3 Apr 09
OMG if that is the truth why wasn't I slapped when my 2 pests were born? lol Sorry to disappoint sweety but you know that I am a total conformist and will not step out of the norm at any cost! Never, no way uh uh. Oops my mistake - just got a bit delusional again there but it passes quick1 lol xxx
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
3 Apr 09
Being able to deal with gas and air is a good strength to have as it also helps you deal with a Husband!
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@mummymo (23706)
3 Apr 09
What for all the smelly gas and the hot air! That sounds about right! lol xxxx
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@mummymo (23706)
3 Apr 09
LOL Delusional behaviour is of course contagious - I caught it from you! As for being out of it - afraid not - I am a STRONG woman sweety and stayed lucid throughout with both of them! lol Takes more than a little gas and air to get me out of it! lol xxx
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@chimrani (1426)
• India
31 Mar 09
[b]Its Funny.When i read your discussion and i told to my wife,sister and mother and they laughed.Its more funny. Keep mylotting.....[/b]
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
31 Mar 09
I'm glad you all got a laugh out of it chimrani! After all, this is what poanda spanking is all about! Now get on out there and do something silly! lol.
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@sharra1 (6340)
• Australia
1 Apr 09
Oh I love that quote. That has been the story of my life being laughed at because I was different and had no interest in conforming. I still don't. I love being different, it just makes life more interesting. As for the doctor slapping me that was not possible as he did not make it to the birth. He arrived late on the scene while I was early. lol I have spent most of my life arriving early for every appointment and it seems I was born that way. I can't seem to help it, I just get stressed if I am late. Ummmm just because I am different does not mean I am not serious!!!! I am very serious about being different.
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
1 Apr 09
Hahahahaha, seriousness about being different I think we can allow sharra! I've always loved that quote too. Another quote which is one of my all-time favourites is "A Lopsided man runs fastest up the little sidehills of success" I've shared it on this site before, but no harm in letting it shine once more! It's probably a good thing that your Doctor DID arrive late, as the slap he would have dished out could have caused a chain reaction that resulted in a completely different sharra to be talking to me right now. The thought of that just ain't right! I tend to be early most of the time myself too by the way, so we share some common ground here. Keep on non-conforming and harassing Lash in the supermarket and life will always be bliss I reckon! lol.
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31 Mar 09
really funny James. My favourite is best done with a friend. No. Not that!! You stand in the middle of a busy area and look up into the sky and sometimes point up. Lood really excited. You will soon have a crowd of people around you all looking up and trying to see what you can see. Most of them will pretend they can see something because they do not want to look silly. Than you walk away. Another thing that curls my husband and I up is men with comb overs. I have to laugh out loud when I see one especially if it is windy. I feel like sticking a sign on their head saying BALD!! Never conform. It is boring. It saps your life. My daughter is a conformist and she is older than me.
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
31 Mar 09
Oh yes! Getting a crowd to gather in this way can be a lot of fun! But all we do is just walk away in the end??? I'm hoping that one day someone manages to take things even further somehow. Maybe dropping a massive waterbomb on the crowd from the top of a building or something? I dunno, but things need to be stepped up a notch on that one I reckon! And if comb-overs are your pleasure, then check out my other panda spanking discussion about that very subject! Jeez, see what you've been missing? Now, go and spank that conformist attitude out of that child of yours.....
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
31 Mar 09
You get someone else to do the waterbomb part, wanderer. You can be the one to get the crowd all aligned and in position! if your Daughter IS a changeling, then at least it'll keep things interesting! Kids feel that everything their Parents do is embarrassing anyway, so ya may as well live up to the expectation with something worthwhile! lol.
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31 Mar 09
i would try the water bomb but I cannot stand heights. As for my child. She thinks her father and I act like irresponsible teenagers which sounds good to me. Her brother is definately a non conformist like us. I think she is past redemption. if she did not look so like us I would think she was a changling.
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• China
1 Apr 09
Yes, life needs balance. We need to do something to make our life more colorful and to relax ourselves. I will with you when I need to relieve the stress,hehe. Do such things occasionally is no seriour harm. I think most people want to have a try, but are limited to the stardards which we have learn from school, our family and the book.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
1 Apr 09
Very true! Small doses of silliness is perfectly harmless and if anything, it helps us to deal with the stresses of life better! Society as a whole places so many rules and expectations on us as well and it's important to step outside of these behaviours every once in a while. The last thing we should ever want is for ourselves to become robotic and typical! Glad to hear you're with me on this too Spring1984. Now get on out there and do something silly..... lol.
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@vivianchen (2646)
• China
1 Apr 09
everything is about balance, i agree with you James. Good point.
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
1 Apr 09
I'm happy to hear that you agree, vivian! A healthy balance of the serious AND fun in life will hold us in good stead always!
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