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Have you ever "faked" reading?
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Have you ever faked walking the dogs? My guess is the dogs would not stand for such nonsense.
Larry wrote: "Have you ever faked walking the dogs? My guess is the dogs would not stand for such nonsense."
That could get messy.
That could get messy.
I always pretend to be reading something, so that people would leave me the hell alone.
::walks over next to Gus::
"Hey Gus whatcha doing? Oh, reading huh, is it good? what's it about? Does it have pictures? Would you recommend it? Does it have 'big' words in it? Gee I hope that I'm not bothering you, just saw that you were reading, and was interested in what that might be."
::slowly walks away after being completely ignored::
"Hey Gus whatcha doing? Oh, reading huh, is it good? what's it about? Does it have pictures? Would you recommend it? Does it have 'big' words in it? Gee I hope that I'm not bothering you, just saw that you were reading, and was interested in what that might be."
::slowly walks away after being completely ignored::
::slaps Jim with my hardcover copy of Infinite Jest::;-p
I wrote a fair number of essays on books that I have skimmed or opened to random points. It's a gift.
I'll pretend I'm reading sometimes when I'm at the pool. Also, I'll pretend I'm reading when I'm at a restaurant alone. Although, I'm sort of almost really reading. I might actually get in a half page, but I get distracted pretty easily. I just don't want people bugging me. Sometimes I'll pretend I'm deaf, too (it's only a half lie - I have "significant hearing loss" in my left ear because of scar tissue from my ear drum rupturing). :)
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Where is that "like" button again?
RandomAnthony wrote: "Have you ever "faked" reading? This could come in a couple of forms...1. Pretending you read a book you hadn't to impress someone
2. Actually pretending to read a book, at that very moment, f..."
Dude, #2 is called "a day in school."
I used to do the opposite - pretended to be paying attention to, say, the teacher in class, but I was really reading the book hidden in my desk.There are some meetings I have to to to these days where I wish I could get away with that, still. :)
Does skimming a book or a chapter moments before we're about to be quizzed on it count?'cause I've done that several times and it's worked. Hooray for short term memory!
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I do that at the doctor, but it's not faking. My eyes aren't seeing the words I'm concentrating so hard on not seeing the needle.
I fake reading on the bus or in a café if I'm eavesdropping on someone's conversation.
I hate when I'm trying to read on the bus, and can't because someone is talking so loudly I can't ignore them. Cell phone talkers are especially bad that way. >:(
Do you say something, or give dirty looks, or just try to ignore them?
Sarah, usually I just ignore them, because they don't go on too long. But this one woman just was impossible! I glared, to no avail, then stuck my fingers in my ears and hunkered down and tried to ignore her.
How did you turn the pages with your fingers in your ears? :-)
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Jim "In dreams we enter a world entirely our own" wrote: "How did you turn the pages with your fingers in your ears? :-)"Elbows, Jim. :)
Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "Jim "In dreams we enter a world entirely our own" wrote: "How did you turn the pages with your fingers in your ears? :-)"
Elbows, Jim. :)"
How do you lick your elbows so the pages don't slip? :-)
Elbows, Jim. :)"
How do you lick your elbows so the pages don't slip? :-)
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Sally wrote: "Jackie has a tongue like Gene Simmons."He's so gross.
Maybe Sally meant Jean Simmons?
I'd rather think about just about anyone's tongue than Gene Simmons'.
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I think you hit the right one Sally, just no one appears to like that one.
No, you got it right.This tongue would work too:
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Yes, I have a giraffe lick my elbows for me before I turn pages. :)
Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "Yes, I have a giraffe lick my elbows for me before I turn pages. :)"
You expect me to fall for that?
ETA: How do you get the giraffe on the bus? How do they hold onto the rail to keep from tipping over? I think you're fibbing me.
You expect me to fall for that?
ETA: How do you get the giraffe on the bus? How do they hold onto the rail to keep from tipping over? I think you're fibbing me.
Isn't that what double decker buses are for? And sunroofs? To bring your giraffe?
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But I just can't help reading a comment above a giraffe driving a VW mini bus.
Why, 4.13? Why?
:scuffs toe in dirt. Goes back to message 25:
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What happened to Gene Simmons?
::looks under ficus::
We're saying I have a pet giraffe that I take on the bus with me, Sally.
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And it makes MUCH more sense.
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1. Pretending you read a book you hadn't to impress someone
2. Actually pretending to read a book, at that very moment, for whatever reason.
3. Something other way of which I'm not thinking.
I've done 1, I must admit, in my youth. I can't think of a specific example yet. Let me walk the dogs (that's a literal, not metaphorical, phrase, although I'm not what the metaphor would mean) and post later. But you? Confess!