Seeing people out of context

Zomby Woof wrote: As she was walking toward her van, I let my ultra vicious sounding (but tame) black lab out and it chased her all the way to the van.

Klassy move there man

DrBoost wrote: My 8th grade gym teacher won the MTV Spring Break Bikini Contest the summer between 7th and 8th grades. I was totally unable to concentrate on anything Mrs. Berg said in 8th grade. I was in love with them, I mean her.

Pics or its not real

Zomby Woof wrote: I used to see my doctor in the beer store occasionally. He was so doctorly and sophisticated looking, I never would have thought he was a beer drinker. At least it gave us something to talk about when he was doing that examination.

I had a new job once that required a physical along with the "turn your head and cough" and cancer check. That was weird until I rang into him the same day at lunch at the convenience store and he was buying a box of cigars. I almost pointed out to him that he like rolling those cylinder thingies in his fingers but chickened out.

mtn wrote:

DrBoost wrote: My 8th grade gym teacher won the MTV Spring Break Bikini Contest the summer between 7th and 8th grades. I was totally unable to concentrate on anything Mrs. Berg said in 8th grade. I was in love with them, I mean her.

Pics or its not real

Shoot, that was before the Gore invented the internet so you're outta luck. In fact, that was before we were supposed to get flying cars.

DrBoost wrote:

Zomby Woof wrote: As she was walking toward her van, I let my ultra vicious sounding (but tame) black lab out and it chased her all the way to the van.

Klassy move there man

Well, I wasn't all that impressed that they entered my property uninvited. I knew the dog wouldn't touch her, but would definitely scare her enough that she wouldn't come back.

I like what I did more than I liked what she did (or was trying to do).

I drives my wife nuts that it seems every time we are out we run into some person I recognize from somewhere and have to try to figure out where before I can introduce her to them. It gets funny and tricky if they spot me first.

Oh, I had another one last weekend. JG and I ran the SCCA Dixie Tour in South Georgia, and while driving back south I stopped for gas. A new Porsche stopped at one of the pumps. Its driver was Dempsey Racing's Joe Foster--he was on his way home from Sebring. (And it wasn't his car, he noted.)

That's where my screen name comes from, just from the other direction. I managed a hobby/toy store for 12 years. Every time I was out and about some kid would say to his mom, in that really loud whisper that can be heard for miles, "Hey Mom! It the Toyman!"

Toyman01 wrote: That's where my screen name comes from, just from the other direction. I managed a hobby/toy store for 12 years. Every time I was out and about some kid would say to his mom, in that really loud whisper that can be heard for miles, "Hey Mom! It the Toyman!"

Is the 01 borrowed from the General Lee?

Zomby Woof wrote:

DrBoost wrote:

Zomby Woof wrote: As she was walking toward her van, I let my ultra vicious sounding (but tame) black lab out and it chased her all the way to the van.

Klassy move there man

Well, I wasn't all that impressed that they entered my property uninvited. I knew the dog wouldn't touch her, but would definitely scare her enough that she wouldn't come back. I like what I did more than I liked what she did (or was trying to do).

And if the woman ran, triggering the dog's prey drive? Then you'd be in jail for any number of things. Either way, someone came to your house. You told her to leave. She did. No complications. You sent your dog after her, having faith that the animal would not behave as an animal? Her offense? She tried to do something that, in her heart, would help you, but certainly didn't harm you in any way.
To bad she didn't have a gun in her bag and shot the threatening dog. Would that have been funny? I'm not going to keep going back an forth on this as I've already derailed this thread more than it should have been.

DrBoost wrote: And if the woman ran, triggering the dog's prey drive? Then you'd be in jail for any number of things. Either way, someone came to your house. You told her to leave. She did. No complications. You sent your dog after her, having faith that the animal would not behave as an animal? Her offense? She tried to do something that, in her heart, would help you, but certainly didn't harm you in any way. To bad she didn't have a gun in her bag and shot the threatening dog. Would that have been funny? I'm not going to keep going back an forth on this as I've already derailed this thread more than it should have been.

And some people can't have nice things.

I was a copier tech for 14-years. Any time I'd see one of my customers out in public I'd usually recognize them, but have no idea what their name was, or where they worked.

Frequently, my wife & I will be out somewhere, and she'll ask "Did you recognize that person? You went to school with them." Nope. I sure didn't. We were only a grade apart in school, so we knew most of the same people back then.

For the most part, I never forget a face. The flip side to that coin is, for the most part I never remember a name. I don't know how many times I have seen someone I am sure I have seen more than a few times but have NO idea who they are. It'll usually come to me 3 days later haha.

DrBoost wrote:

Zomby Woof wrote: As she was walking toward her van, I let my ultra vicious sounding (but tame) black lab out and it chased her all the way to the van.

Klassy move there man

Yea, you're Canadians a bad name.

Haven't we established that ZW is a very Shiny Happy Person ten times over? He's still one of us, but just the curmudgeon of a guy that hangs around and helps in his own way.

DrBoost wrote: For the most part, I never forget a face. The flip side to that coin is, for the most part I never remember a name. I don't know how many times I have seen someone I am sure I have seen more than a few times but have NO idea who they are. It'll usually come to me 3 days later haha.

This is me exactly. I even know stories about people. I'll remember that their kid, Jake, plays guitar or that they like sushi... odd things but I can never remember a name until after I stew on it a while.

It's like a black spot in my memory. This even happens when introducing people I KNOW. We can be out with some friends and meet someone else so I'll try to do the intro and lock up on people in my own party or the person I'm introducing. People who know me well know this so usually take care of it themselves but when it's a casual acquaintance it's friggin' embarrassing.

In his defense, he's from the part of Canada that the rest of us call "North Texas" it's not his fault, he just doesn't know any better.

turboswede wrote: Haven't we established that ZW is a very Shiny Happy Person ten times over? He's still one of us, but just the curmudgeon of a guy that hangs around and helps in his own way.

In reply to Trans_Maro:

At least he isn't a french canadian?

In reply to Trans_Maro:

Would that not be Alberta? I'm from Ontario. Yes, I know that's even worse

I once saw my college sociology instructor dancing in a cage at a club. She was pretty well lit, and yes, I got an A.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: It's like a black spot in my memory. This even happens when introducing people I KNOW. We can be out with some friends and meet someone else so I'll try to do the intro and lock up on people in my own party or the person I'm introducing. People who know me well know this so usually take care of it themselves but when it's a casual acquaintance it's friggin' embarrassing.

Yup, the black spot thing nailed it. I'll try all the tricks like repeating the name, using his/her name right after hearing it, trying word association....it just doesn't work for me.

Trans_Maro wrote: In his defense, he's from the part of Canada that the rest of us call "North Texas" it's not his fault, he just doesn't know any better.

As opposed to Canadians actually IN North Texas ...

Back on topic, Dad was a teacher. He said that the chance of running into former students was one of the reasons he avoided some of the more "fun" places he might have visited as a younger man. Moral turpitude and all that.

In reply to Zomby Woof:

I guess I got you and HiTempguy mixed up.

Ontario you say.. I guess you come by it honestly