Saturday, November 26, 2011

it is startling

I guess I can admit this here. My secret is out.
I have been known to talk to myself. Out loud. Though, with the proliferation of Bluetooths stuck in people's ears, it is not as strange a sight coming across someone in the grocery store talking out loud as it once was. Still, I do sometimes startle myself when I realize that I am thinking out loud.

The other night I was caught by a dog walker who was laughing so hard his dog turned to look quizzically at him. 
"Did you just apologize to that rabbit?" 
"Well, yes, I did." 
I startled the poor little guy, who went scurrying off, so it only seemed polite. And a natural thing to do. 
I am Canadian, afterall.

Yesterday, I met up with the dog walker in the elevator.
"Still scaring the bunnies?" he asked.
It wouldn't have been so bad if there weren't other people in the elevator.

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12 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 26, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    We Canadians are a strangely polite bunch.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 26, 2011 at 12:27 PM

    Do you mean to imply that there are some people out there who do NOT talk to themselves? And that they actually think it's FUNNY when the rest of us DO? I am shocked! What is this world coming to?!

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  3. VioletSkyNovember 26, 2011 at 4:35 PM

    Delores: if we have to be strange about anything, this is a good one!

    Pinklea: erm, maybe?

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  4. persiflageNovember 26, 2011 at 4:52 PM

    I laughed and laughed. Here in Australia the mere notion of talking to a rabbit is unthinkable. We have Dalek type reactions to rabbits.

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  5. VioletSkyNovember 26, 2011 at 4:55 PM

    Persiflage: "exterminate, exterminate"!!

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  6. IreneNovember 26, 2011 at 5:17 PM

    I speak out loud silently. That is almost just as weird, I think. I don't know why I do that. I guess I am the shy and retiring kind. XOX

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  7. VioletSkyNovember 26, 2011 at 5:39 PM

    Nora: I do actually 'whisper' when I am in the grocery store. I am certainly quieter than people talking on their cells! Though, obviously I wasn't whispering to the rabbit.

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  8. secret agent womanNovember 26, 2011 at 9:04 PM

    I do this all. the. time.

    I mutter to myself as I review a grocery list in my head, talk through things I'm trying to figure out, talk out loud to birds and animals I encounter. And you know what? I don't feel the least bit embarrassed about that. What's wrong with being talkative and friendly?

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  9. AnonymousNovember 27, 2011 at 7:29 AM

    I much prefer Canadian politeness than the recent U.S. Black Friday shopping riot behaviour.

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  10. AnonymousNovember 28, 2011 at 8:50 AM

    I do the same thing. I console myself by hoping they'll think I'm talking in a bluetooth.

    What a stupid name by the way. Bluetooth. Why?

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  11. geewitsNovember 28, 2011 at 7:29 PM

    I love it! I sing out loud to the music in the grocery store and sometimes dance along with it as well. I get all sorts of looks, but usually I get smiles.

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  12. AnonymousNovember 30, 2011 at 10:00 PM

    LOL! That's a funny story.
    At work, I often say what I'm doing out loud, people think I'm nuts but it helps me focus. :)

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