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  • #1

    The thing with...the thing

    Okay, so I'm going ahead and posting ROTC stories because, well...it is my career, so that's a job, right?

    Anyway, I was in the line this morning for weigh-in (we had just completed a fitness test) and I was explaining why I couldn't go to the awesome cafe on campus I'd heard about but never knew the location of. It went like this:

    O: Cadet-officer
    B: my flightmate
    me: duh

    B: Yeah, it's got a buffet and all...it's only $7.
    me: oh, cool! And all this time, it was just cuz i didn't know where it was.
    B: yeah...
    me: crap...i can't go...
    O: why not?
    me: i can't spend money, so i gave my brother my...thing...you know? it's like (makes square shape w/ fingers) and like...i swipe it to buy stuff and...
    O: you're card...? O_o
    me: Yeah! that's it, my debit card!!


    guh, now he probably thinks i'm an even bigger flake, i always forget the names of simple things and describe them sto stupidly...
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  • #2
    Is the card blue and blue on the thing?
    "For the love of all that is holy and 4 things that aren’t but feel pretty good anyway" ~ Gravekeeper

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    • #3
      I've done that before...turned a lovely shade of red before I went and hid.

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      • #4
        Quoth HorrorFrogPrincess View Post
        Is the card blue and blue on the thing?
        Damn! Beat me to it!

        That's one of my favourite bits on NotAlwaysRight.

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        • #5
          Oh yeah the thing given to you by those people at the place on that one street!

          It's ok I've done that many times.

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          • #6
            lol, glad i'm not the only one XD

            another example:

            bro: [sees me playing a flight sim] whatcha doing?
            me: i gotta land on the...thing that, like...floats...? and it's flat and big...and...
            bro: O_o the carrier...?
            me: yup, that's it!

            or:

            me: the thing that's pointy on the front and, like, it flies in the air and...jet engines...

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            • #7
              Quoth Hobbs View Post
              lol, glad i'm not the only one XD

              me: i gotta land on the...thing that, like...floats...? and it's flat and big...and...
              OH!

              Like that one guy in that one movie that had that other guy and that girl in it. I remember that.

              You're not even CLOSE to being the only one there Hobbs. Glad you've moved into the 'acceptance' phase.

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              • #8
                That watchamacallit thing, you know, it does that and you use it with the whosawhatsit.

                You clearly haven't been doing it long enough if you haven't got the names down right
                Began work Aug as casual '08
                Ex-coworkers from current place of work: 26ish
                Current co-workers at current place of work: 15ish - yes he just hired 3 more casuals
                Why do I still work there again?

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                • #9
                  It's worse when you both can't remember the word, but you know exactly what you're talking about.

                  ME: The...thing..with the bouncing (waves hand up and down and the shape (two hands, gesture to indicate round)
                  SIS: Yeah, that thing! With the orange...I can't remember what it's called either.


                  Have you ever noticed that when someone else can't remember the name of a thing, it's harder for you to remember it too? Or is that just me?
                  Last edited by ArcticChicken; 05-14-2009, 02:12 AM.
                  The High Priest is an Illusion!

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                  • #10
                    Quoth ArcticChicken View Post
                    Have you ever noticed that when someone else can't remember the name of a thing, it's arder for you to remember it too? Or is that just me?
                    Nah, I figure it like this:

                    My boyfriend and I will often forget a word or need help with something visual on our computers and will ask the other for help. More often than not, the moment the other one focuses on whatever it is, the one who asked for help suddenly gets it and doesn't need the help any longer.

                    I call it 'brainsharing.'

                    But if the other person is already focused on it and is also having difficulty, then it's just compounding the problem.

                    ^-.-^
                    Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others. - Dresden

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                    • #11
                      Quoth sms001 View Post
                      OH!

                      Like that one guy in that one movie that had that other guy and that girl in it. I remember that.
                      FlashDance?

                      What's really impressive was, while working at a movie store, I could figure those out after a few minutes of watching the customer gesture wildly.
                      "I call murder on that!"

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                      • #12
                        Quoth Juwl View Post
                        What's really impressive was, while working at a movie store, I could figure those out after a few minutes of watching the customer gesture wildly.

                        Heh- my favorite was when I worked at a bookstore, when Oprah started recommending books (man, not EVEN gonna go into what a pain that often was... lol)...

                        Anyway, someone walked in and said 'I'm looking for a book.. I.. think it might be pink?" ... and I immediately walked over and handed her the one she wanted.

                        I think even she realized she lucked out with that one...

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                        • #13
                          Here's a great bit of trivia:

                          The term for when you know a word but can't think of it at the moment is 'lethologica'
                          Aliterate : A person who is capable of reading but unwilling to do so.

                          "A man who does not read has no advantage over a man who cannot" - Mark Twain

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