Here's some fun for the day......
TRIVIA:
What does I.Q. stand for? (answer at bottom)
PHRASE FUN (what is a rhyming phrase for the following. Answer at bottom)
Intoxicated smelly mammal
JOKE:
Q: What is a grumpy person's blood type?
A: B-negative
QUOTE:
"I bought some instant water one time, but I didn't know what to add to it."
(Steven Wright)
TRICIA'S TWEET OF THE DAY:
No matter what you do, God's love never gives up. It's wide enough to include everybody and it's long enough to last forever.
COMIC FUN:
RANDOM OBSERVATION:
I've always been a shy person in social settings. Some people find this surprising because I love to entertain on a stage and be in front of people performing skits and comedies, but I'm shy with personal interactions. I think this may be the norm though for introverts. I've improved over the years. My husband is quite social and so I think some of that has rubbed off on me over the years. I don't panic quite as much now in social settings.
I thought about this recently in regards to airplane travel. Most usually I'm sitting with someone I know, but every now and then I'm by a stranger. This used to be major panic mode for me, but not as much now. I do try and send out my 'I'm not a talker vibe' when I sit down. The first way you do this is when you sit down or they sit down you either don't look at them or if you do, you just verbal nod and don't speak. The second tip is to have a book. Whether you read it or not, put your nose in a book and you're good to go. For the social types, this really isn't us being unfriendly, it's just difficult to be outgoing and chatty when you're shy. I understand if it comes across as rude, but that's really not our way or intent. I've often said that I think the shy types can understand the social types more than the 'socials' understanding the 'shys'. Socials think 'why can't you just talk....it's easy'. Not necessarily so.
On my most recent trip on an airplane I was seated in the 2-seat scenario with a stranger. I think it's more difficult to sit with a stranger in the 2-seat scenario than the 3-seat deal. I started off well, I had my book out and reading. Then I made a colossal mistake for a nonsocial type. I put my book away and got out my needlepoint. Major conversation starter there. I had a feeling it might be and wondered if I should get it out. Well, once the needlepoint was out the conversation with the stranger next to me began. Actually, it wasn't too bad and pretty interesting. The problem is, once you start the conversation with the person in the seat next to you, you sort of feel like you have to keep it going the entire time you're flying or it gets awkward. Before you know it, you're finding out shoe sizes and favorite foods just to continue talking. Thankfully, I wasn't on a flight to Australia and it was only about an hour of the chit chat. It was pleasant. Isn't it strange how you can have a conversation with someone and get to know them briefly and the realize you will most likely never see this person again? Then you wonder what the rest of their life will entail.
On another note. I wanted to share a humorous tidbit my niece told me on this last trip we took. She recently flew to Ireland, so not an overly short flight. She had a primo aisle seat and was all ready for her flight. She was in the 3-seat set up. The window person was already in place and the middle person had yet to arrive. My niece was already in place in her aisle seat. She was looking at something and not paying attention when 'middle-seat lady' arrived. She said to my niece 'if you want to just scoot over I'll sit here and you won't have to get out into the aisle to let me in'. Not paying attention, my niece scooted over to the dreaded middle seat.....on a trip to Ireland. Ah! What a rookie mistake and how slick of the original middle-seater. My niece was then relegated to the middle seat for a trip to Ireland when she was actually an aisle woman. She was quite annoyed with her mistake. I would have been going crazy. Well, here's to friendly skies.....or not so friendly.....depending on who you sit by.
TRIVIA ANSWER:
Intelligence Quotient
PHRASE FUN:
Drunk Skunk
Until next time........
I've been on vacation & the Tidbits went on vacation with me. The Tidbits are back.
Here's some fun for the day.....
TRIVIA: (Answer below)
What was the name of Doc Brown's dog in 'Back to the Future?'
JOKE:
Q: why did the chicken cross the playground?
A: to get to the other slide.
QUOTE:
'I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets. It seems to me they are wonderful things for other people to go on.'
Jean Kerr
COMIC FUN:
TRICIA'S TWEET OF THE DAY:
Sometimes we get so busy getting more that we don't enjoy what we have
RANDOM OBSERVATION:
I traveled this past week through airports and on airplanes & lots of thoughts and observations came to my mind.
First, I thought of the general evolution on airplanes & airports. Those that traveled on airplanes many years ago know that there was a time when you could sit in an airplane seat & not have your knees touch your nose and your shoulders practically meeting your nose and your knees in the middle. Ah, the good ole days of leg room and not swapping arm skin with the people sitting next to you.
There is also the change in flight meals. There used to be a tray of food with a salad and main course and bread. Sure, the bread was so hard it could be used as a hockey puck, but cool to have all that food. I was always obsessed with the little salt & pepper shakers. Eventually the tray of food changed to a sandwich & chips. That briefly became a bag you picked out of a bin with a smaller sandwich & apple.
The snacks have pretty much always been peanuts , pretzels & the classic Biscoff cookies that only taste good on a plane. If you try them once you exit the airplane they just don't taste the same. The peanut packages have gotten smaller. They used to be the size of a playing card. Now they are about the size of a salt packet from McDonald's.
Next is the evolution of the airport. No longer are there rows of pay phones. Those have been replaced by charge stations for all our techy gadgets. You don't see as many people playing a quick game of cards or reading paper books as you used to. Now most people have their faces buried in cellphones, Kindles & iPods. Not a lot of conversation going on. On a side note in regards to the pay phones. I've always been a stressor in regards to time. When my parents, brother & I would fly for vacations, my Dad would always get a kick saying he had to go make a phone call right as our plane was getting ready to board. He'd go to the phones. Not sure how many of those calls we're real or fake just to tease me.
Airport bathrooms are hi-tech now like many public restrooms are. The automatic sinks, soap and towels. They may say it's because of germs, but I think it's because so many people don't know how to turn a faucet off. I guess they know, they just don't do it. The automatic stuff and I don't get along well. I can't get them to turn on and I end up frustrated waving my hands like a spaz trying to get them to turn on. Seems like when I move away from them they decide to turn on. I run back to put my hands under them and they turn off again. I think they like to taunt me. I can almost hear them saying 'psych!' I like automatic paper towels though. Those old time cloth towel machines always grossed me out. I felt like the towel was just going in a circle and everyone was reusing the same cloth. I'm not a fan of the air dryers. The old ones don't dry and the new ones blow me to the other side of the restroom.
On the automatic toilets, well we won't go into that. I will say it would be funny to put an automatic whistle in as part of the toilet and have it randomly saying something. Think of how people would be freaking out when they go to sit down on the toilet & hear a whistle. Or maybe a voice that says 'please deposit into the toilet and not on the rim.' Or 'sheeewww wheee.....you're killin' me!" Imagine hearing all of the toilet chatter that would be going on in the airport restroom each time you visit it. Ok, now that could be fun.
On a similar note:
Take a look at this Delta Airlines Safety video. My daughter, nieces and I crack up every time we've seen it. Check it out at around 1:46 in when they talk about smoking. We've always watched intently for that part. It's Academy Award winning acting....NOT
Also, the redhead that does most of the talking is awfully 'come-hither' for a flight security video.
http://youtu.be/MgpzUo_kbFY
TRIVIA ANSWER:
Einstein
Until next time......
