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Don't Talk To Me While I'm Thinking
* If I have my eyes closed, I'm thinking.
* If I'm (apparently) staring into space, I'm thinking.
* If I'm looking at the computer, I'm thinking.
* If I'm looking around the desk, I'm thinking of a cup of tea.
* If I have a cup of tea and am looking around the desk, I'm thinking about the biscuits (3 please) that should also be there.
Finally:
Just because I have my hands in my pockets, it doesn't mean I'm not thinking about the job.
* If I have my eyes closed, I'm thinking.
* If I'm (apparently) staring into space, I'm thinking.
* If I'm looking at the computer, I'm thinking.
* If I'm looking around the desk, I'm thinking of a cup of tea.
* If I have a cup of tea and am looking around the desk, I'm thinking about the biscuits (3 please) that should also be there.
Finally:
Just because I have my hands in my pockets, it doesn't mean I'm not thinking about the job.
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It's incredible how much fuss the Brits are doing with tea when all they drink are infusions of tea scraps put into little bags. Sheesh.
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Oh?
Which 'Brits' would those be?
I don't see anyone making a fuss here in England.
P.S.
Maybe you missed the point of the post.
Which 'Brits' would those be?
I don't see anyone making a fuss here in England.
P.S.
Maybe you missed the point of the post.
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Oh, I did not know you are Finn (at least mentally)!folderol wrote:Don't Talk To Me While I'm Thinking
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Well, maybe I wanted to just underline that very single aspect of the text. It is possible at all to allow for some leeway or are we expected to be (thinking) robots ? That is, in both the reception of a reply and the reaction. Do you really really really consider that one would focus on one item in one sentence of a text out of sheer mental obscurity and other varied limitations to the point of saying that a point was missed ?folderol wrote:Oh?
Which 'Brits' would those be?
I don't see anyone making a fuss here in England.
P.S.
Maybe you missed the point of the post.
However "fuss" is seemingly the right word, as per Merriam-Webster: "1. needless bustle or excitement 2. a state of agitation especially over a trivial matter"
Or a "a big thing" if you wish, as in: The Brits are making such a big thing out of (drinking) tea when all they drink are infusions of tiny scraps of tea leaves that were put into little pouches a long time ago.
Caveat: I might be ALL wrong while tea is an unknown, unfavored, extremely undergroud thing in England. Could be.
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Note to self:
Do not attempt to post anything remotely resembling humour is this forum
Do not attempt to post anything remotely resembling humour is this forum
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Note to self: if ever promoted to moderator, ban both of these clowns.
Oops, I just broke both of the other notes to self.
Note to others: my ability to both understand and communicate sarcasm is completely uncalibrated.
Oops, I just broke both of the other notes to self.
Note to others: my ability to both understand and communicate sarcasm is completely uncalibrated.
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