April 9, 2009

"What, are you BLIND?"

“I can't see things that are right in front of my face. I remember once I couldn't find this little copy machine that my parents had. I mean it was the size of a home printer, so it's not easy to lose. And it turned out it had just been moved to the other side of the room. And my parents were like..."boy, you'll never be a detective" It was in plain sight, but just not where I was expecting it to be!" -- Dana

There are two types of people. Those who actively search, and those who.. don't.

For example, ocasionally when I’m at my parent’s house, my mom will ask me to go to the garage to fetch something. “Can you get bring me the green onions? Fridge, bottom drawer”. Sometimes said items are exactly where she claims they are... Other times, not - but undeterred, I continue to look around the vicinity, up down, left right, in out, until finally I notice them, outside the fridge, still inside the brown paper grocery bag. Whatever. Success.

Ask my brother the same task and what you’ll get is him standing in front of the fridge for 5 non-committal seconds, while staring, glazed donut eyed at the general direction of the item’s location...and then a final verdict. “Nope. We’re out”. FAIL.

Review the diagram I’ve made and decide for yourself where you fall under.


5 comments:

  1. Um I haven't laughed this long in...a long time.

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  2. HAHAHAHA glazed donut eyed!!!!

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  3. then there are those lazy people who just habitually ask you if you've seen their _____, simply because they don't feel it's necessary to try looking for it themselves before asking. i believe these people are called men.

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  4. hahaha, oh so funny! and i think i can be both... depending if i'm spacey/distracted or alert.

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  5. ha! mo just sent this to me. i think i might be a #3. sometimes i'll look for something the entire day, only to realize i dreamt it existed.

    awesome diagram though.

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