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Lip control, the new black.
This entry was posted in animals, Culture, humanity, humor, media, men, money, New York City, Politics, Starbucks, words, writing and tagged Film: Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills, Frank E Campbell Funeral Parlor, New York's Upper East Side, Those who won't wear masks, Trumpism, Zipping your lip. Bookmark the permalink.
Susannah, I’m not the best at biting my tongue, so I know how much control it takes to do so. Here’s an idea for an entrepreneur: A plastic coated sign on a little stick that we could hold up in situations like those above. It might read ‘It’s a good thing you can’t read my mind, you prig’ or ‘Why is it always the A__holes that feel so privileged?’
I bet you can think of some doozies. Maybe I’ll get Pookie busy making them.
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I’ll bet Pookie would be the perfect man for the job. 🙂
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Lip control!! You had iron control of your tongue. I have the feeling you did the right thing, because you might have gotten hurt if any of those scenes had played out. Please be careful.
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You’re right Anne. Tempers simmer right at the service. You feel them, like heat from a passing vent.
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That was a great word picture.
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I’m dramatic in description, but when you read that we’re plague weary, you see it in people’s eyes. Anger fuses their pupils. It’s sad, not to mention scary since, any minute you might hear gunfire, verbal or otherwise. I’m at least in touch with it and can vent on the page, something I’m grateful for. Blessings, they do come in assorted packaging, don’t they. 🙂
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It is good for us to experience Manhattan through your eyes.
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You’re such a pal, and how lucky am I to have you. 🙂
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We out here in the country need to know what you are going through. Sending much sympathy your way!
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Must be nice being in the peace and quiet, two things I perpetually yearn for.
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We have peace, quiet, and multiple views of the slumbering mountains.
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I’m yearning. Where can I buy a mountain ya think? Goin’ on Amazon, right now. 🙂
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Take a peek at our peaks. I somehow doubt Amazon can deliver. I’ll be interested in your research, because this piques my curiosity.
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You are on fire. I’m envious, but will not show my feelings of pique.
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SB
I envy your lip control. There was a gentler, kindler middle that followed my tempestuous youth, where diplomacy won the day. And now I find myself revisiting my Mr Hyde in such instances. Four letter word control . . I need it badly.
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It’s so understandable, considering what’s going on, how our lives have been chopped up and curtailed. If you think about it, as a collective species, we’re doing pretty well. If our tongues remain our only weapon, then we’re still in an okay lane to drive in. Her 2 cents.
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People, well . . some people, are just so damned entitled. And the mask thing . . . they come off sounding like grade schoolers who forgot to do their homework when they list the excuses for why they are above wearing them.
Oh, the majority of us are doing just fine, I agree. And it kind of highlights how the differences in us have not torn us apart. Most people get it, they really do.
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We’re very resilient, designed that way I guess.
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We’re stronger than steel.
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It seems.
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The nice thing about a mask is you can have clenched teeth and no one is the wiser. 😬
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Funny you should say that. Just got an email from Kate, another blogger, who said the same thing. Proves, there’s always an upside.
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And with the same thought as Kate that great minds think alike or fools seldom differ. Your choice. 😁
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My mind is half full this morning, gratefully not half empty. How rare.
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Good measure of a mind.
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Great pun. Anne, the head punster, would approve. 🙂
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Cute ! you’re so tough yet restrained !
Best,
Hal
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Trying to get home without making a stop at the local precinct. So hard though.
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I frequently had these moments when difficult situations arose at work. The “regret” of later replaying the conversation and thinking, “if only I had said …”
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Better than…if only I hadn’t said.
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Maybe. Frequently, the things I come up with afterwards are the kind of things better left unsaid.
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It’s the writer in you. You’re doing drafts even as you speak. 🙂
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Best being grateful you said nothing – on your best behavior!
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Yes, best to pick your fights these days.
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Yes, the masks do help hide our moues of disgust when faced with those who think they are above the rest – in a variety of situations, as you’ve so skillfully displayed. Of course, eyes can speak volumes and they are harder to hide… Been told mine speak rather loudly. A blink to reset and they are none the wiser, if I so choose (I like to think). Funny how, as we get older, we feel less the need to hold back our thoughts but that serves no purpose right now, does it? The eejits will all still be there.
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A 12 Step phrase I like…say nothing, and say it often.
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Yes. It is a good policy…
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I am pleased to hear that you have toned down some of your crusading. I’ve been begging you for years, whilst waiting with trepidation news of your demise by the hand of some nutter you’ve confronted. Smile sweetly is enough. It shames those who understand but washes over those who cannot learn.
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I’m always touched at your concern for me, but even I know it’s best, presently, not to flap my wings, or mouth, in my case.
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Nurture those who seek the truth; shun those who say they’ve found it.
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Who said that???
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Not me, unfortunately. I plagiarised it from an episode of Harlots (I think).
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A compliment to their writers. 🙂
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To speak or not to speak…it’s not even a question anymore but self-preservation. If I’d really won’t change anything or bring enlightenment to the delusional, just a waste of breath. I find myself self-censoring more these days. Peace.
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You said it since, self-preservation is the only recourse since rational has gone south. Just get in and out as fast as you can. Will life ever go back to normal? I feel as if I’m caught between realms.
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It will go back to normal after the pandemic. Then we will speak our minds once again.😊
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I’m keepin’ my bully pulpit nice and polished so I’m ready. 🙂
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PS You have the greatest vocabulary…delusional…self-censoring. Always enjoy your two cents.
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