I'm fed up with fancy!!!
By makingpots
@makingpots (11915)
United States
March 27, 2009 12:29am CST
Sometimes I hear a phrase that just cracks me up. That was today's phrase.
While my son is taking his swim lessons, there is also a water class for the elderly with arthritis taking place at the other end of the pool. Today while waiting in the lobby for class to start one of the elderly ladies dropped her cell phone on the floor causing it to start beeping. She opens it to fiddle with buttons and my son decides he should help her figure it out 
. (Come here sweetie, she doesn't need your help) Next, she gets a phone call and decides she needs to turn it off for class, "how do you turn off this silly thing", she says.
I was so busy trying to distract my son away from her that I missed the 3rd thing that happened with the phone, but I finally saw her open her bag, toss the cell phone in it and proclaimed with a sigh "I'm fed up with fancy". Cracked me up!!! Poor thing, I wanted to just hug her..... knowing she probably only carries the silly thing because her children bought it for her.
Last week I was trying to text a message to a friend, just one word and my phone kept correcting the spelling.... wouldn't let me send what I wanted to send. I sorta felt like this lady ~ spell check is fine and all, WHEN YOU WANT IT. Ugh!
Do you ever catch a phrase like this that just cracks you up? Got one to share?
Or what about you, do you ever get fed up with fancy?
. (Come here sweetie, she doesn't need your help) Next, she gets a phone call and decides she needs to turn it off for class, "how do you turn off this silly thing", she says.
I was so busy trying to distract my son away from her that I missed the 3rd thing that happened with the phone, but I finally saw her open her bag, toss the cell phone in it and proclaimed with a sigh "I'm fed up with fancy". Cracked me up!!! Poor thing, I wanted to just hug her..... knowing she probably only carries the silly thing because her children bought it for her.
Last week I was trying to text a message to a friend, just one word and my phone kept correcting the spelling.... wouldn't let me send what I wanted to send. I sorta felt like this lady ~ spell check is fine and all, WHEN YOU WANT IT. Ugh!
Do you ever catch a phrase like this that just cracks you up? Got one to share?
Or what about you, do you ever get fed up with fancy?9 people like this
14 responses
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
28 Mar 09
I guess I'm one of those anti-technology ppl...other than my pc. I don't do cellphones, ipods, blackberries or any of the other little gadgets that come out just about every day. I prefer my plain old phone with an answering machine, the radio and a wall calender. My Dad is in his 60's and only got a cellphone a few years ago for medical reasons. He still doesn't have a pc, a dvd player or any other little gadgets...maybe that's where I get it from.
[b]~~AT PEACE WITHIN~~
**STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS**[/b]
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@GardenGerty (157735)
• United States
28 Mar 09
I am very much that way. We have been using tracfones for awhile so that we could communicate easily with one or the other of us working strange shifts or driving out of town. I find that with my new position it is essential to have a cell of some kind. Until it is proven to me that a plan is cheaper than pay as you go, I will keep my tracfone, and no, I do not text.
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
30 Mar 09
twoey68 ~ you get it honestly, nothing wrong with that.
Gerty ~ tracfone is just the thing for a lot of people. It's great to have it available.
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@mummymo (23706)
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27 Mar 09
Oh sis that warmed my heart! WE bought my Grandmother a mobile (cell) years ago so that she would always be able to get help etc and took weeks making sure she knew how to use it but to be honest she never really understood it - she cannot work the tv remote so we have no real chance with a mobile phone! lol
Hugs xxxx
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
30 Mar 09
Ohmigosh!! Glad all is well. Huggs!
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
30 Mar 09
Lol, I've known many people who tried to set there grandparents up with cell phones and it just never quite worked. The stories are pretty funny.
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@GardenGerty (157735)
• United States
28 Mar 09
I like the saying, and no, I have not heard it before. I have a friend who used to say about her work, "It's all the same pay", and I liked that. She ran a school district warehouse, could keep inventories, taught night time college classes and she then would do custodial work inside the warehouse area. There was nothing that was above, or beneath her. She always said "It is all the same pay." and I liked that philosophy.
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
30 Mar 09
I like that philosophy too, Gerty. I bet I would like your friend very much. :)
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
27 Mar 09
that is so cute, I used to have a cat named fancy,
I know once I told my friend that we had as much luck as two alley cats and she thought that was just so funny.
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
27 Mar 09
I like that!
Fancy ~ what a cute name for a cat.3 people like this
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
28 Mar 09
bless her heart, i know how she feels. i don't do well w/fancy either. yes, i do have a cell, yes my son did give it to me & no, i hardly ever use it. forget to take it w/me most of the time. you like those sayings , don't u? lol. let's see if you have heard this one. when somebody does something goofy, i'll say she doesn't know if she's washing or hanging out. hope u get a laugh out of this one like u did the higher than cat hair.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
30 Mar 09
as soon as i got that e-mail ithought if making pots will let me i'm going to send that to her. thought u would enjoy. most of those i've heard all my life & said alot of them i'm sure. maybe u can get some discussions out of them. they are just the norm for me.lol. if you do, don't mind you calling me a hillbilly because i am & proud of it but i'm not a darn redneck.lol. have a happy week. jo
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
28 Mar 09
Your cell phone has spell check? Now that is fancy! After Katrina a lot of seniors started carrying cell phones because they needed to be able to communicate and it took a while to get the phone lines back up and running.
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
30 Mar 09
My cell phone can cook dinner for me . I don't need all of its functions.... hubby wanted it.
Yes, I've heard about there being an increase of cell phone usage in your area after Katrina. What a life altering experience that was for so many!
. I don't need all of its functions.... hubby wanted it.
Yes, I've heard about there being an increase of cell phone usage in your area after Katrina. What a life altering experience that was for so many!3 people like this
@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
27 Mar 09
The only thing I know how to do with my cell phone is answer a call and send one. It can do many more "fancy" things but I have never felt the need to learn how to use them. I have never even texted a message ....too much trouble.
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
27 Mar 09
Hi, whiteheather39. 
afterall, that's what phones are for, right? ... to answer and send calls. 
afterall, that's what phones are for, right? ... to answer and send calls. 3 people like this
@jillmalitz (5131)
• United States
27 Mar 09
I can empathize with that lady. My kids all are wizs at texting,etc but I only talk on my cell. Sometimes they text me. For me to text them back takes longer than it would to simply talk to them. I do like the lady's name for it--fancy. LOL
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
28 Mar 09
I agree on texting taking too long. I could have called them back in run an errand in the time it takes. 
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@thyst07 (2079)
• United States
27 Mar 09
That's completely hilarious to me because it sounds exactly like my grandma...you don't happen to live in Florida do you? I think my grandma might actually take a water exercise class. Anyway, my grandma gets completely flabbergasted with computers and phones and other modern technology, but she tries really hard to make it work. Sometimes I feel the same way, especially if my phone rings in a class. What ever happened to calling people when they were at home?
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
27 Mar 09
Haha, no I don't live in Florida.
What ever happened to calling people when they were at home? I was the same way for years and held out on getting a cell phone forever. My sentiment was always 'If you can't reach me at home it's because I'm busy..... leave a message.' Lol
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@jillhill (37354)
• United States
27 Mar 09
I have never heard that one! So cute....when you want to continue doing something...like relaxing and drinking a cup of coffee or something of that nature.....my father always said...You might as well...you can't dance and it's too windy to haul rock! THat is my fav saying that my dad left to us!
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
30 Mar 09
you can't dance and it's too windy to haul rock!
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@jazzsue58 (2666)
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27 Mar 09
I do have my own 'catch phrase.' It replaces the language I would normally use for roadhogs, manic street cyclists and the like, when my kids are with me.
It's "Good grief!" It doesn't sound much, I know; but it's all in the pronunciation: A short "Good" followed by an emphatic, drawn out "Grief!" in a really hoity-toity English accent. Like this:
"Good grrIEF!"
My kids all mimic me now. It's become a family catchphrase. Defuses most situations.
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
30 Mar 09
How sweet it must be to hear your kids mimicing you?
"Good grrIEF!"
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@mamalev (264)
• Philippines
27 Mar 09
That was so funny makingpots! I worked as a sales agent for a cellphone and sometimes I get calls from elderly people needing of a cellphone and when I go on with the features of the phone that I was trying to sell to them, they get lost. They'd tell me " If it rings when someone's calling I'll take it". Happy mylotting.
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
27 Mar 09
I think my mom and dad said the same thing or something similar when we took them to buy theirs. So funny.
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@Anora_Eldorath (6028)
• United States
28 Mar 09
This is too cute! I can definately sympathize with her. I had to have my husband teach me how to turn the phone on silent, how to reject a call, etc.
I'm afraid I don't remember any of the sayings my husband is always using lol. I've a horrible memory,but he has a lot from his Army's days that just boggle me sometimes that I have to go "Eh?"
Namaste-Anora
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
30 Mar 09
From his army days?..... I'll bet there are some great ones.
I often have to get help figuring out things on my cell...I can do most things but once in a while that random thing will just be hidden in some menu and I would have never figured it out myself.
We get by with a little help from our friends.... nothing wrong with that.
Namaste!
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@carann (260)
• United States
27 Mar 09
This made me laugh. I have been where that lady was. I just figured out how to text the other day i was so proud of myself. Sad I know. I have a simple phone but I hear my son fiddle with his phone and say over and over 'I hate this phone" that make s me laugh to. I am going to remember that saying "I am fed up with fancy" I think its great.
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
30 Mar 09
Hi, carann.
Yes, I thought that phrase was pretty perfect for the situation.
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