They walk among us

[tanare]

I walked into a Blimpie 's with a buy-one-get-one-free coupon for a sandwich.  I handed it to the girl and she looked over at a little chalkboard that said "buy one-get one free".  "They 're already buy-one-get-one-free", she said, "so I guess they 're bo th free".  She handed me my free sandwiches and I walked out the door.  They walk among us and many work retail.

--------- A friend of mine bought a new fridge for his house.  To get rid of his old fridge, he put it in his front yard and hung a sign on it saying:
"Free to good home .  You want it, you take it." For three days the fridge sat there without even one person looking twice at it.  My friend decided that people were too untrusting of this deal.  It looked too good to be true, so he changed the sign to read: "Fridge for sale $50."
The next day someone stole it.  They walk among us.

--- ----- One day I was walking down the beach with some friends when one of them shouted, "Look at that dead bird!" Someone looked up at the sky and said, "Where?" They Walk among us!   
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While looking at a house, my brother asked the real estate agent which direction was north because, he explained, he didn' t want the sun waking him up every m orning.  She asked, "Does the sun rise in the north?"
When my brother explained that the sun rises in the east, and has for sometime, she shook her head and said, "Oh, I don 't keep up with that stuff."
They Walk Among Us!!
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I used to work in technical support for a 24/7 call center.  One day I got a call from an individual who asked what hours the call center was open.  I told him, "The number you dia led is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week."
He responded, "Is that Eastern or Pacific time?" Wanting to end the call quickly, I said, "Uh, Pacific."  They Walk Among Us!
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My colleague and I were eating our lunch in our cafeteria, when we overheard one of the administrative assistants talking about the sunburn she got on her weekend drive to the shore.  She drove down in a convertible, but "didn 't think she' d get sunburned because the car was moving." They Walk Among Us!
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  My sister has a lifesaving tool in her car designed to cut through a seat belt if she gets trapped.  She keeps it in the trunk.  They Walk Among Us!
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My friends and I were on a beer run and noticed that the cases were discounted 10%.  Since it was a big party, we bought 2 cases.  The cashier multiplied 2 times 10% and gave us a 20% discount.  They Walk Among Us!
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I was hanging out with a friend when we saw a woman with a nose ring attached to an earring by a chain.  My friend said, "Wouldn' t the chain rip out every time she turned her head?"
I explained that a person 's nose and ear remain the same distance apart no matter which way the head is turned.  They Walk Among Us!
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I couldn 't find my luggage at the airport baggage area, so I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up.
She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a trained professional and I was in good hands.  "Now," she asked me, "has your plane arrived yet?"
They Walk Among Us!
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While working at a pizza parlor I observed a man ordering a small pizza to go.  He appeared to be alone and the cook asked him if he would like it cut into 4 pieces or 6.  He thought about it for some time before responding.
"Just cut it into 4 pieces; I don' t think I'm hungry enough to eat 6 pieces." Yep, They Walk Among Us!
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They walk among us, AND they reproduce


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Life may not be the party we hoped for,
But while we are here,
We might as well dance!

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and in fact the pizza one works very well. i went to a pizza  place with three kids one day and ordered a small pizza which they cut into 6 pieces. The oldest looks at me (15ish at the time) and asks "why did you have it cut into 6 pieces."

Me: i couldn't eat 8.
Her: oh. okay.
Younger two sisters promptly burst out laughing as the older of the two desperately chokes out :"It's the same amount of pizza.Hahahaha"

oldest promptly hits me for no reason. unrelated note: oldest happened to be blond...

[Lyrima]

 


You know, the above is the reason I harangue my parents about reading chapter books aloud to their children.

Almost all of the above scenarios involve auditory processing of new information.  We simply don't do enough of it...if what is said isn't what is expected, most folks don't even hear it.

It is a lot like that writing example where the words begin and end with the correct letter, but the letters between are random.  Every person who reads the nonsense words can actually read the paragraph because our brains fill in the expected word.

Our listening brains fill in the expected information or simply refuse to process that which doesn't match what is expected.

[PinkRose]

I do that with your posts, Lyrima.

I read ....

KIDS Blah blah blah blah blah HUGS blah blah blah GUTHRIC blah blah blah LIGHT blah blah blah.

My mind fills in the rest.

[Lyrima]