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Can you predict everything anyone will ever say to you? #coolprompts

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I always found conversation difficult.

Two reasons :

  1.  I can’t maintain a pretend level of interest for longer than one second.
  2.  I can’t break my habit of telling the truth, which seems to be social suicide.

I needed to find a way round this.

I needed a plan for when dialogue fails.

If I didn’t  speak then would I actually be lying?

Without speech, I could pretend interest for much longer by  just nodding and occasionally moving my eyebrows up and down randomly.

The Plan

I got some carded paper and I wrote down a response to everything anyone could possibly say to me.

I wrote it on a few cards small enough to fit in a pocket.

I figure I could keep different cards in different pockets so I could communicate quickly.

Then , like Tony Orlando and his communication system, I would never have to talk again.

I had my cards at the ready.

Yes — No. —. Don’t know — Nothing    

None of your business.       – What do you think?

How are you? —No reason —Because — mmm — 

Ha-Ha — Funny —             -Go away —              Fine

I like frogs

You know what question the first person I saw asked me?

What’s that in your hair?

I lifted my hand up and pulled out a piece of cheese.

cheesehead

My card was at the ready.

What do you think?

It looks like cheese.

Yes.

How on earth did you end up with a piece of cheese in your hair?

I started to move my eyebrows up and down randomly showing off my social skills.

None of your business

You’re a strange one.

I like frogs.

The system works.

 

Tim Willow’s Additional Thoughts

I did feel relieved as the cheese almost revealed my monkey based free cheese system

If you’re blonkers, Why not ask me a stupid question?

I’ll give you a stupid answer.

Shout out to the  :

Ray not bradbury blog

Go to the link for the #coolprompts thingie. I chose “when dialogue fails” for my attempt.

#coolprompts 29 august – 3 september

There are 3 variants/choose any:

  • use the phrase ‘when dialogue fails’ in your text
  • explain when dialogue fails and why – from psychological point of view
  • give an example of the situation through a real or fictional dialogue

 

 

42 thoughts on “Can you predict everything anyone will ever say to you? #coolprompts”

  1. Oh I loved this…it made me ell-oh-ell. And as someone who is also easily bored and prone to telling the truth in conversation, I might give those prompt card a go.

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  17. Oh my, I think I should get those cards….
    Often I just don’t talk and text people instead (whilst I’m having a conversation with them).
    Re the truth, people usually appreciate it. Other than when I mistakenly told my coworker that she is intimidating, well at least they all know what I think of them.

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