Comments on karlababble: Lessons I've learned, Part 8

"These are dangerous days. To say what you feel is...

2005-09-14T21:16:00.000-05:00

"These are dangerous days. To say what you feel is to dig your own grave."

Black Boys On Mopeds, Sinead O'Conner

lol wow! This story just brought back a memory of ...

2005-09-13T19:09:00.000-05:00

lol wow! This story just brought back a memory of something similar which I'd long since forgotten/suppressed. No big details here, but it involves my camp cousellor job one summer. Somehow, there was a misunderstanding between my CIT (cousellor in training) and I that resulted in me taking a kid's mom aside and standing in on a conversation where my CIT accused the mom of child abuse. I can't believe that I'd forgotten about that!

Well Karla, thanks for helping me to relive a horrible experience from my childhood... Maybe I'll blog the extended version sometime later :)

Geez, that sounds like something I'd say. I also g...

2005-09-10T20:23:00.000-05:00

Geez, that sounds like something I'd say. I also grew up in a small town, though not as small as yours. We had 92 people in my senior class. I have had people come up to me and ask me my whole life story, which I tell them. Then I just say "see ya" and walk away because I have no clue who they are.

My grandpa is a boat mechanic and shortly after my...

2005-09-10T16:13:00.000-05:00

My grandpa is a boat mechanic and shortly after my grandma died we went to a resturaunt where they were both well known. The owner of the resturaunt said cheerfully (not kidding), "we'll, at least now you have more time to work on my boat".

As horrifyingly insensative as that was -- we did all understand it was his awkward attempt to bring a moment of lightness to the situation.

So "back on the market" isn't so horrible. He probably thought you were trying to cheer him up.

Alright, Ryan, no one likes a smartass.Oh wait. Th...

2005-09-10T13:04:00.000-05:00

Alright, Ryan, no one likes a smartass.

Oh wait. That means no one likes me.

Crap.

That's messed up, you should be ashamed of yoursel...

2005-09-10T12:45:00.000-05:00

That's messed up, you should be ashamed of yourself... back on the market... what kind of monster would say such a thing? Oh, I know, the kind of monster that puts babies in dryers.

"any man will tell you that it's impossible to be ...

2005-09-09T15:03:00.000-05:00

"any man will tell you that it's impossible to be 'excited' and wee at the same time" - can't you just stand on your head and pee? ;)

Karla, you are hysterical! Cold, hard, uncaring and heartless, but very, very hysterical! ;) Poor guy - maybe he thought you were just trying to cheer him up? Yeah, uh, yeah! :P

liar!!, any man will tell you that it's impossible...

2005-09-09T13:50:00.000-05:00

liar!!, any man will tell you that it's impossible to be 'excited' and wee at the same time.....good job too, imagine the mess?

Oh Karla, you should compose all of your foot-in-m...

2005-09-09T13:31:00.000-05:00

Oh Karla, you should compose all of your foot-in-mouth stories, lessons you've learned, and bad mommy chronicles into a book.
You're too funny!

It only took me a month or so to get over your ins...

2005-09-09T10:16:00.000-05:00

It only took me a month or so to get over your insensitive comment. It's all good.

This story is the essence of who I am. I always th...

2005-09-09T10:14:00.000-05:00

This story is the essence of who I am. I always thought I had a corner on the market when it came to things like this. It sure is nice to know I have some company.

it could have been worse....but I struggle to see ...

2005-09-09T07:23:00.000-05:00

it could have been worse....but I struggle to see how, if you ever see him again maybe you could cut out the preamble and just stick a knitting needle in his groin?

hello karla. i have done a lot of stupid things al...

2005-09-09T00:07:00.000-05:00

hello karla. i have done a lot of stupid things also in my life. the good thing is now that i am sixty years old i forget what most of them are.

excellent story karla and soooo well told. Im from...

2005-09-08T22:43:00.000-05:00

excellent story karla and soooo well told. Im from the city so I cant relate but your story telling skills sold me... that and the fact you actually spelled out etcetera... LOL
Okay tell us guys what we all want to know... what answer does your husband give to "Do these jeans make me look fat?"
If it works on you... as a species... we men shall make him our King!
romey

To paraphrase a scene from "Everybody Loves Raymon...

2005-09-08T21:13:00.000-05:00

To paraphrase a scene from "Everybody Loves Raymond:"
Do you call an oral surgeon or a podiatrist to have your foot removed from your mouth?

(Ray asked his regular doctor whether he should call a proctologist or a podiatrist to have his wife's foot removed from his ass...)

The guy probably didn't think of it as a foot in m...

2005-09-08T18:42:00.000-05:00

The guy probably didn't think of it as a foot in mouth thing. Honestly, you are probably stressing way more about this than it is worth. Besides, technically he IS back on the market!! I am from a small town in Southern Indiana. My graduating class had 38 in it also. It was the biggest class the school had ever had (I suppose maybe because we were baby boomers). There was one restaurant, one post office, two gas stations, one grocery/hardware/fabric store (kinda like you would see on Little House on the Prairie), one mill, several churches, one main road and no traffic light. Everyone knew every every body and every body's business.

I'm definitely California's resident foot-in-mouth...

2005-09-08T16:43:00.000-05:00

I'm definitely California's resident foot-in-mouth specialist. It's nice to know I have a Texan counterpart -- you take all the middle states, ok? I've got CA covered :)

ouch. i just had a thought though. if you learne...

2005-09-08T16:06:00.000-05:00

ouch. i just had a thought though. if you learned sign language, could you technically "put your foot in your mouth" anymore? maybe it would be, "put your fingers in your shoe" or something.

I don't think people would recognize me without my...

2005-09-08T15:20:00.000-05:00

I don't think people would recognize me without my foot in my mouth.

My husband is from a small town in Missouri, 350 people small. It's called Center, the center of what is my question. We play a game as to how many minutes, yes minutes, it takes for someone to walk over after we pull up. We think they then put it in the newspaper. "Local boy brings big city wife to town and she asks where the Starbucks is and we told her that we only accept US dollars"

Ooh, I thought "back on the market" was playing th...

2005-09-08T12:24:00.000-05:00

Ooh, I thought "back on the market" was playing the glad game, like in Pollyanna....

Oh, this is so, so funny. And technically, he is ...

2005-09-08T12:18:00.000-05:00

Oh, this is so, so funny.

And technically, he is back on the market...right?

Well heck, it COULD have been true. So lighten up...

2005-09-08T11:07:00.000-05:00

Well heck, it COULD have been true. So lighten up on yourself. Or not. If you weren't making mistakes, how could we possibly find reason to laugh at you?

Isn't it nice to be good for something?

Oh mah Gawd, I do stuff like this ALL THE TIME. An...

2005-09-08T09:57:00.000-05:00

Oh mah Gawd, I do stuff like this ALL THE TIME. And while I'm saying whatever horrifying thing it is I'm saying, I absolutely KNOW it's horrifying, and yet I can't stop saying it. I really should never leave the house.

Try not too beat yourself up too much about it Kar...

2005-09-08T07:08:00.000-05:00

Try not too beat yourself up too much about it Karla - after all, he approaches you in the street, starts chatting with you as if he knows you intimately, asking personal questions about your family, flirting with you so soon after his wife dies?! :)

My best friend's mother picked me up one day for a...

2005-09-07T23:29:00.000-05:00

My best friend's mother picked me up one day for an outing. I was 14. She was late - as usual. She said, "Sorry I'm late!" And I (unthinking) said, "Oh, that's okay, my mom says you'll be late to your own funeral."

That was more than 30 years ago and I STILL cringe when I think of it.

PS - How come two of us are maja and how weird is it that we're both commenters on your blog?!