06 Jun 2012, 1:39 am
MindWithoutWalls
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06 Jun 2012, 11:58 am
johnny77 wrote:
Does it count if you bit the bullys hand??
Long as I don't lose any teeth in the process!
Actually, even Bruce Lee recommended biting as a last resort, though you really do put your teeth at risk that way. If I were really attacked, especially now that I'm an adult and can expect even nastier intentions on the part of anyone who would go so far as to go after me now, I guess I'd do whatever I had to.
06 Jun 2012, 8:34 pm
MindWithoutWalls wrote:
johnny77 wrote:
Does it count if you bit the bullys hand??
Long as I don't lose any teeth in the process!
Actually, even Bruce Lee recommended biting as a last resort, though you really do put your teeth at risk that way. If I were really attacked, especially now that I'm an adult and can expect even nastier intentions on the part of anyone who would go so far as to go after me now, I guess I'd do whatever I had to.It was 4 against one I figued it was fair game because it was there.
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06 Jun 2012, 10:51 pm
06 Jun 2012, 11:56 pm
MindWithoutWalls wrote:
johnny77 wrote:
Does it count if you bit the bullys hand??
Long as I don't lose any teeth in the process!
Actually, even Bruce Lee recommended biting as a last resort, though you really do put your teeth at risk that way. If I were really attacked, especially now that I'm an adult and can expect even nastier intentions on the part of anyone who would go so far as to go after me now, I guess I'd do whatever I had to.I always bit when neither words nor fists nor feet got the message through.
Now, give yourselves a pat on the back for such a great job
08 Jun 2012, 10:10 pm
08 Jun 2012, 10:20 pm
Joe90 wrote:
RazorEddie wrote:
A fairly common greeting around here is 'Alright?'. If I feel like messing with people's heads I sometimes reply 'No, I'm half left'
My grandmother says that when people say ''you all right?'' Also she says other things like that, like once when I arrived to her bungalow and said, ''Mum's coming'', and she said, ''so's Christmas.'' Also once when I said, ''shall I put the kettle on?'' and she replied, ''you can, but it won't fit you.'' Also when she phones up and I answer it, and she asks what I'm doing and I say, ''nothing'', she often says, ''you can't be doing nothing, unless you've been sitting there staring at the walls all evening!''
She's not Aspie though. It's just part of her sense of humour.
It sounds like your grandma has a great sense of humor.
Mine didn't, unfortunately... but my mom does.
09 Jun 2012, 1:17 am
chiastic_slide wrote:
i find sayings conjour up very vivid images in my mind. like 'pull yourself together' I have this strong image of a knitted gingerbread man with a zip down the middle zipping himself up. I think I may have made these up when I was young to understand the meaning. I can't help but repeat these little images and scenes in my mind whenever I hear the words.
This exactly. I get the image in my head, and then when I go to share it with others, they think I'm crazy.
09 Jun 2012, 5:14 pm
09 Jun 2012, 5:18 pm
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09 Jun 2012, 8:35 pm
ECJ wrote:
My psychiatrist said "taking a train to Winchester is like falling off a log for you now," and I replied "but I've never fallen off a log so I can't compare."
I know that the "falling off a log" thing is meant to say that something is easy, but I never could understand why it would be stated that way. Falling off a log seems like something accidental that should be avoided, not like something someone would easily accomplish whenever they meant to do it. Who means to fall off a log? Besides, such a thing is something I'd associate more with being uncomfortable than with finding something easy.
Some idioms just frustrate me.
09 Jun 2012, 9:08 pm
09 Jun 2012, 9:23 pm
09 Jun 2012, 9:30 pm
WerewolfPoet wrote:
One of my main "stims" is to stretch all of my fingers as much as I can. Stretching a certain finger outwards without stretching any other finger is a very offensive gesture in the United States. This gesture is often known as "flipping the bird." When my classmates would accuse me of "flipping the bird," I would run to the teacher and hysterically cry, "But there's no bird in here!" I would actually search for said bird. "There's no bird! And even if there was a bird, I don't know how to flip one!" This actually happened a few times before the teacher finally caught on and had this explained to me.
That reminds me of the time when I was eight, my principal asked me why had I been flicking the boys off. I thought she meant flicking them like you did when you flip paper away or things away using your fingers. So I told her I hadn't done it. She actually meant the middle finger but I didn't know that. That day mom taught me at home what the middle finger meant and the way she had her hand, I thought it all meant the f word not just the middle finger. I can remember learning later that year the middle finger itself means the f word so I thought two hand gestures meant it and it took me a while to figure out my mother was only showing me the middle finger and there is only one way that means it. I thought for a while I could not sing Where is Thumpkin anymore and doing the hands because then I would have to hold out my middle finger so the game was bad now to play. Mom told me that was different and it's okay to hold out your middle finger but only during the song.
09 Jun 2012, 9:36 pm
10 Jun 2012, 3:32 pm
MindWithoutWalls wrote:
ECJ wrote:
My psychiatrist said "taking a train to Winchester is like falling off a log for you now," and I replied "but I've never fallen off a log so I can't compare."
I know that the "falling off a log" thing is meant to say that something is easy, but I never could understand why it would be stated that way. Falling off a log seems like something accidental that should be avoided, not like something someone would easily accomplish whenever they meant to do it. Who means to fall off a log? Besides, such a thing is something I'd associate more with being uncomfortable than with finding something easy.
Some idioms just frustrate me.
this. Why would someone fall off a log on purpose?!
