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For reasons too complicated to explain, "Tortellini" in our house is a synonym for castration.
Note to self: do NOT order pasta at lucky7's house.
I always capitalize and trademark the terms Good Thing [tm] and Bad Thing [tm]. I don't even remember how I picked this up, but I've done it for as long as I can recall using the terms.
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For reasons too complicated to explain, "Tortellini" in our house is a synonym for castration.
Likewise, "Pikachu" in my household is a euphemism for male parts.
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For reasons too complicated to explain, "Tortellini" in our house is a synonym for castration.Likewise, "Pikachu" in my household is a euphemism for male parts.
Because of picking and chew...
You know what? Forget I said anything.
Hamburger's in our house shall be referred to as Krabby Patties or nothing at all.
Hamburger's in our house shall be referred to as Krabby Patties or nothing at all.
Guess I'm going hungry.
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Unless it is a Maryland blue crab cake, tisn't a crabby patty to me.
Hamburger's in our house shall be referred to as Krabby Patties or nothing at all.Guess I'm going hungry.
Or maybe just have something else, we eat more than Krabby Patties.
For the record, I very much would love to try an authentic soft shell crab sandwich.
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Seriously though, If I hand my kids a burger and don't refer to it as a Krabby Patty they won't eat it.
Which makes getting burgers anywhere a confusing affair.
For reasons too complicated to explain, "Tortellini" in our house is a synonym for castration.Likewise, "Pikachu" in my household is a euphemism for male parts.Because of picking and chew...
You know what? Forget I said anything.
From a WoD game night involving the Changling art Naming, Mage Archspheres, and being awake entirely too long.
Likewise, "Pikachu" in my household is a euphemism for male parts.
I think of "Pikachu" similarly, but only because I constantly bump into someone on other boards who has a very similar name except starting with a "D" instead of "P". (His avatar is similarly modified.)
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When logging into my laptop, I have to misspell my password at least once before I log in.
i ritualistically hang out in online game chat lobbies when my pc is on. I do/have played the games they serve, but not for nearly as much time as the clients are open without me playing.
I sing Ring of Fire every Friday at work. It really annoys one of my colleagues, but I've not stopped yet.
After drying my hands following a visit to the toilet, I clap three times before opening the door.
Keys must be in right trouser pocket. I'm not dressed if they're not.
My players always go left. I've used this to set up some evil dungeons in the past.
I always put keys in the left and wallet in the right. Phone goes with the keys.
I'm English. Right-hand drive car key goes in right side of steering column, key in right pocket makes sense. Wallet always in opposite pocket, and phone in right-back pocket to avoid scratches. But I'm not naked without wallet and phone. I'm naked without keys.
I sing Ring of Fire every Friday at work. It really annoys one of my colleagues, but I've not stopped yet.
I can see why it would annoy him. Johnny Cash is, IMHO, one of the most overrated musicians of the 20th century -- which is saying a lot, when you're comparing with the likes of Elvis and the Beatles.
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Nope, properly rated.
Nope, properly rated.
...as a 1 out of 10, by me!
Cash is the PBR of music.
I always put keys in the left and wallet in the right. Phone goes with the keys.
Same. Keys and phone left pocket, wallet right, sunglasses and MP3 player in shirt pocket.
Keys, phone, and wallet go in my purse; which is on my left shoulder. I like to keep my right hand and arm free. I don't even wear jewelry on that side.
I have many pockets, my keys and wallet could be in any one of them.
About the only ritual I have is I start the coffee every morning, and I always say "good morning!" as brightly as possible.
I don't care how many people find it annoying, I'm a morning person, that's just what we do.
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I don't care how many people find it annoying, I'm a morning person, that's just what we do.
You do realize this is WHY people hate morning people, right? It's not that you're up and active in the morning, it's that you're so damn SMUG about it.
Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays!
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I don't care how many people find it annoying, I'm a morning person, that's just what we do.You do realize this is WHY people hate morning people, right? It's not that you're up and active in the morning, it's that you're so damn SMUG about it.
Without the sMUG the coffee just pours right onto the floor.
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I always say "good morning!" as brightly as possible.
Since I work nights, and have usually just gotten up when I go in at 10 PM, I say 'good morning' regardless of the time. It's always morning somewhere...
I love how nobody ever answers right no matter what you say. Say 'good morning' and they replay 'fine, how are you?' Say 'how you doin?' and they respond 'you too!' All of our auto-respond scripts are out of synch.
I always say "good morning!" as brightly as possible.Since I work nights, and have usually just gotten up when I go in at 10 PM, I say 'good morning' regardless of the time. It's always morning somewhere...
I love how nobody ever answers right no matter what you say. Say 'good morning' and they replay 'fine, how are you?' Say 'how you doin?' and they respond 'you too!' All of our auto-respond scripts are out of synch.
I worked nights for so many years that when I work in the mornings on some shifts I find myself saying either 'Good afternoon' or 'Good evening' even if it is really early.
Also, when I ask people "Do you need help finding anything?" I get "Fine, fine." and "Yes" with a nod and I ask the follow-up "What can I help you find today?" and the response is "Oh, I don't need any help, thank you."
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My default response is "It's morning, I'll give you that. Jury's still out on whether it's good."
Or "Mrgh."
And on the note of putting this back on topic... is refusing to do something enough of a personal ritual to qualify?
If so: I actually make a point of never SAYING "Good morning". Usually because it feels like a lie, because unless something is bizarrely out of norm, I don't consider the day good or bad yet if it's still technically morning. I'm not coherent enough to make that judgement.
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I actually make a point of never SAYING "Good morning". Usually because it feels like a lie, because unless something is bizarrely out of norm, I don't consider the day good or bad yet if it's still technically morning. I'm not coherent enough to make that judgement.
"Good morning" is actually the act of wishing the listener a good morning, not claiming that the morning has already proven to be good. Just like with wishing a departing friend "Safe travels!", there's an implied "I hope you end up having".
Huh. If it's supposed to be used that way I never would have recognized it as such.
I certainly never used it that way myself.
Then again I never use "safe travels" either. I usually say "drive safe" instead.
That's what I always assumed good morning meant, what Jiggy says, I mean.
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Good morning, good day, good afternoon, good evening, goodnight, safe travels, happy birthday, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year...
...Okay, that last one's probably the most telling about the grammatical intent of the phrase, and they all follow the same structure, so... yeah.
Then again I never use "safe travels" either. I usually say "drive safe" instead.
Safes generally lack motors and wheels. I prefer "drive safely."
When some says to me 'have a good day' or something like that I always respond with 'I will try'.
I sing Ring of Fire every Friday at work. It really annoys one of my colleagues, but I've not stopped yet.I can see why it would annoy him. Johnny Cash is, IMHO, one of the most overrated musicians of the 20th century -- which is saying a lot, when you're comparing with the likes of Elvis and the Beatles.
I just listened to Johnny Cash Live in San Quentin. It was his third time playing for inmates at that prison. Some musical personalities don't jive with individuals, I get that. I do appreciate what he did for penal system reform. Some individuals may not relate or run afoul of the law, but many in society, especially the US, do. That may be one of the reasons that he was and is popular. Not his cover of hurt by NIN.
Then again I never use "safe travels" either. I usually say "drive safe" instead.Safes generally lack motors and wheels. I prefer "drive safely."
As long as you don't prefer Drive Angry.
As long as you don't prefer Drive Angry.Then again I never use "safe travels" either. I usually say "drive safe" instead.Safes generally lack motors and wheels. I prefer "drive safely."
can't get enough of that movie. It's so ridiculous...
I actually make a point of never SAYING "Good morning". Usually because it feels like a lie, because unless something is bizarrely out of norm, I don't consider the day good or bad yet if it's still technically morning. I'm not coherent enough to make that judgement."Good morning" is actually the act of wishing the listener a good morning, not claiming that the morning has already proven to be good. Just like with wishing a departing friend "Safe travels!", there's an implied "I hope you end up having".
How do you know someone isn't' instead wishing you a "Good mourning"?
I always say "good morning!" as brightly as possible.Since I work nights, and have usually just gotten up when I go in at 10 PM, I say 'good morning' regardless of the time. It's always morning somewhere...
I love how nobody ever answers right no matter what you say. Say 'good morning' and they replay 'fine, how are you?' Say 'how you doin?' and they respond 'you too!' All of our auto-respond scripts are out of synch.
After working nights for years, I've found the best strategy to be using the phrase "Have a good one!" All-purpose - covers the people going home just before me, the people coming in for the day...nice and easy. :)
As for personal rituals, I always have multiple alarms set/multiple plans for something to trigger me getting up if there's somewhere I need to be. I'm a very sound sleeper, so I learned long ago that a backup, and a backup for my backup, is a good thing. And I won't rely on something I have to reset every day, because I will inevitably forget.
My current work wake-up sequence is four alarms, each fifteen minutes from the last. They're each set with different noises, so even half-asleep I know what time it is by the noise playing, and whether I can afford to sleep longer based on what I have to do before work that day. (In case you can't tell, I'm a tiny bit paranoid about lateness.)
Good morning, good day, good afternoon, good evening, goodnight, safe travels, happy birthday, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year...
...Okay, that last one's probably the most telling about the grammatical intent of the phrase, and they all follow the same structure, so... yeah.
Yeah, if that's the intent, I never picked up on it. I always have taken it as "It is a [positive adjective] [designation of time]" rather than "Have a [positive adjective] [designation of time]". For every single one of those. Yes, even Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Every single time in my 30 years (okay, probably closer to 20, between five years of being incapable of reason and five years of just parroting what my parents said) I've always meant that as "It is a pleasant holiday and we are celebrating", not "I hope you have a pleasant holiday that we are celebrating".
This might be because when I want to say the latter, I always literally say the latter. "Have a nice day." "Wish you luck."/"Best of luck." "Drive safe(ly)." (I admit I'm lazy with that one.) Etc. etc. etc. When I mean to actively tell someone "I hope you have a positive experience with the near future", I always use more active, more direct language.
So the more passive-sounding "good (whatever)" has always sounded to me like an observation rather than a declaration of positive intent, as a result.
Considering this is the first time someone's ever objected to my interpreting it like that, I don't feel like I'm alone in this understanding of the phrases in question.
Weirdly I don't seem to need an alarm unless I am sick... It's like I have an internal clock. If I go to bed and know I need to be up at a specific time I will always wake up almost exactly 10 minutes before that time.
I'm the same way. :-)
On the one hand, I envy anyone who can get by without dealing with an alarm.
On the other hand, my lack of internal must-wake-up-now system does let me sleep in on non-work weekends without getting woken up by my own brain at inconvenient hours.
That's why I stay up really late (which for me is 1 a.m.) on Friday and Saturday, exhaustion overrides the clock. :-)
Slept in , almost to 8 this morning.
Exhaustion doesn't override my clock... In tests I stayed up till 1 am when I needed to be up by 4 am and still snapped awake at 10 to 4. Fortunately I have no trouble going back to sleep if my waking up was unnecessary like waking up early on Saturday I just roll over and go back to sleep without any issues.
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Good morning, good day, good afternoon, good evening, goodnight, safe travels, happy birthday, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year...
...Okay, that last one's probably the most telling about the grammatical intent of the phrase, and they all follow the same structure, so... yeah.
Yeah, if that's the intent, I never picked up on it. ...
This might be because when I want to say the latter, I always literally say the latter. "Have a nice day." "Wish you luck."/"Best of luck." "Drive safe(ly)." (I admit I'm lazy with that one.) Etc. etc. etc. When I mean to actively tell someone "I hope you have a positive experience with the near future", I always use more active, more direct language.
So the more passive-sounding "good (whatever)" has always sounded to me like an observation rather than a declaration of positive intent, as a result.
"Best of luck" fits with the things you claim not to say, rather than how you listed it. The "I hope you have" is implied, not explicit like you claimed when you listed it among times you "always literally say" that you're wishing them something.
So even by your own self-description, you actually do use the type of expression I was talking about; it's just that you weren't fully aware of which expressions were and were not structured that way.
Considering this is the first time someone's ever objected to my interpreting it like that, I don't feel like I'm alone in this understanding of the phrases in question.
Yeah, most people don't pay as much attention to what they say as I do. However, I've long believed that developing an eye for how language works can open doors to whole new worlds of understanding—understanding of oneself, of others, and of society as a whole.
For example, you now have the opportunity to examine the fact that you've been using a phrase with an implied "I hope you have" all along without realizing it, and then you can examine the fact that you interpreted other phrases of the same sort as meaning something entirely different, which in turn allows you to examine what might have led you in such different directions with such similar expressions without ever noticing the discrepancy, which would then give you insight into how you learn, which can then be used to amplify your potential for growth in the future across multiple areas of your life.
Dunno about you, but I find that prospect incredibly exciting. :D