Sigh....
Do you have one of those friends? The kind who is just freakishly smart, that you're half in wonder and half alarmed? The kind who makes you sort of amazed that you're even in the same species as them?
Well, I went to lunch with TWO such folks today. I came to the realization that I am their Ralph Wiggam.
"My cat's name is 'Mittens.' His breath smells like cat food." That's about what I can contribute. Seriously, by the end of lunch, I was pulling my hand into the sleeve of my sweater and splaying the fingers and saying: "I made a starfish with my sweater."
I feel blessed to have such friends. But also a little mystified.
Well, I went to lunch with TWO such folks today. I came to the realization that I am their Ralph Wiggam.
"My cat's name is 'Mittens.' His breath smells like cat food." That's about what I can contribute. Seriously, by the end of lunch, I was pulling my hand into the sleeve of my sweater and splaying the fingers and saying: "I made a starfish with my sweater."
I feel blessed to have such friends. But also a little mystified.
posted by Feemus at
7:14 PM
5 Comments:
Yeah - have a few friends like that myself. Only, in my case, they manage to be incredibly smart and yet have absolutely no common sense. For example, two of them are graduate students in astro-physics (seriously), and yet they decided that it would be fun to pour a bunch of high-grade ethanol in a small tray (8x4 piece of play wood with 1x1 strips nailed around the edge), which was strapped to the top of one of their cars, light it on fire, and drive around.
To make a long story short, the "Super-soaker 100" was not enough, cooks from the local pub had use fire-extinguishers, and my friends ended up running away before the police showed up.
We have decided that these two, in particular, will probably discover cold-fusion but will blow-up several square miles around them, leaving only a 10 foot wide circle around them untouched.
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RogueHistorian, at 8:37 PM
Yes, Feemus. For me that friend is you.
Shaking my head in wonder over here...
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Anonymous, at 8:36 AM
Claud, that's what I was going to say!
Now all I can say is ROFLMFAO
"Look, I made a starfish with my sweater." *snort*
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Sherri, at 12:58 PM
After a little thought, I realized that most people make me feel that way.
Sigh, indeed.
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Sherri, at 12:59 PM
Hmmmm....Rogue. I think I'm glad to be a couple thousand miles away!!
I'm almost too embarrassed and dismayed to even respond to the rest of you, except to point out what a perfetly ridiculous (if perfectly lovely) thing that is to say.
Most people make me feel that way, too Sherri--maybe that's the human condition is that we all go around feeling that way about everyone else. Luckily I have my old friend, Mr. Sweaterfish, to keep me company.
I think it's nice to be a little in awe of other people, of their wit and wisdom (*cough* Claud) or of their insightful good sense (Sherri--maybe you could go talk to Rogue's friends!) or their ethical steadfastness or their cheerfulness or whatever it is.
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Feemus, at 8:00 AM
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