Can you pretend to be yourself?

In response to last week’s question, "Can you pretend to be yourself?", my cousin's son Greg determined, "yes, it's called high school." And my dad's beach buddy Bob observed that "everybody does it....they call it wishful thinking."

My woodworking friend Doug shared, "If you have amnesia, all you can do is pretend."

My neighbor Al queried, "How do you know that I'm really me and not just pretending to be me in the first place." My college roomie John noted that "if you have multiple personalities, it may be an issue." My friend Vivian explained that "we are all of many personalities. Which will I pretend to be today? Hmmm!" My writing and sailing friend Rich added, "You can try, but if you are a jerk at heart, then sooner or later a jerk you will be." And my friend Royce chimed in, "George Bush did it."


My birthday bud Jon noted, "Yes, but I’m not very convincing." My moonlight cruising friend Tracey noted, "Only when the meds wear off."


My quilting and sailing friend Jodie shared, "Oh yes one can. Did for ages leading up to the decision to leave my husband. The hard part is that once the decision is made, you're so back to being so yourself, it's hard on the one being left." To this, my marketing friend Jeff offered, "What better character can you play than yourself? When we are sad we can play happy. We can play the fool or the victim. The real question is who is our understudy?"


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       If two sculptures are equally talented, is it a draw?


Live well...laugh often and heartily…. have a good week and never regret anything that made you smile!


Hal


Happy Birthday to my bride, Alison. We've been happily married for more than 50% of her trips around the sun!

Who do clowns hire for entertainment during their kid's birthday parties?

In response to last week’s question, " Who do clowns hire for entertainment during their kid's birthday parties?", my sailing friend Scott may have nailed this one when he wrote, "Sailors!"



Nonetheless, several other friends had ideas, including my birthday bud Jon, who suggested, "clownfish" and my writing and sailing friend Rich suggested "Elton John."

My dad's beach buddy Bob concluded, "Clowns don't have kids...they have never stopped long enough to have any as they are always foolin' around." My cousin's son and first time contributor Greg came to a similar conclusion for a different reason: "This is a trick question as clowns are creepy individuals and therefore do not get married nor do they have children."

Bob and Greg's answers didn't stop my sailing friend Kurt from suggesting "mimes" while my friend Richard pulled out the opera "Pacliacci." My college roomie John wished, "Hopefully not Barney! The easy answer was that they could hire one of their colleagues."


My cable TV friend Cheryl referenced lyrics from Judy Collins to answer this one when Cheryl wrote, " 'Where are the clowns, send in the clowns, don't bother they're here.' Maybe it's always a birthday party at clowns house?"


Please share your thoughts about "things that make you go 'Hmmm' ”:

       Can you pretend to be yourself?


Live well...laugh often and heartily…. have a good week and never regret anything that made you smile!

Why would you want to be the spitting image of someone?

In response to last week’s question, "Why would you want to be the spitting image of someone?", my friend Kevin realized "It's all about the easiest way to obtain DNA for cloning."



My dad's beach buddy Bob concluded, "If you had made the same mistake twice and she was uglier than the first one."

My friend Richard responded, "Because it beats the heck out of being the spit-upon image of someone!" to which my running buddy Tony wrote, "It's unsanitary. However, the devilish side of me says that would be awesome to make all the wrong choices and blame the other person for them." To Tony, my Parrothead biologist friend Sam replied, "Because in polite society, one does not 'spit on' or speak ill of anyone. Yet, if you are the 'spitting image' of someone else, you can speak your mind (not necessarily in saliva) and they get blamed - not you!"


My friend Royce heard the question differently. "Evenness and symmetry are achieved by pairing the two split halves of the same tree, or branch. (Hence the country saying: he's the 'splitting image' - an exact likeness.)"

My biking friend Ted lowered the class of responses, writing, "my son does not want to be the "spitting" image of his dad, but prefers to "one up" that with a more disgusting habit by being the "farting image" of his dad."

Fortunately, my organization behavior friend Marya had a very positive conclusion to the discussion, "If I could be the spitting image of Katherine Hepburn......you can 'spit, polish, and shine' me to be her 'spitting image'!"


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Who do clowns hire for entertainment during their kid's birthday parties? (from my friend Swany)


Live well...laugh often and heartily….be happy, have a good week and never regret anything that made you smile!

What is the opposite of fireworks?

In response to last week’s question, "What is the opposite of fireworks?", my dad's beach buddy Bob looked at home and determined "divorce, unless one can find a spark to re-ignite the heat of the past." My writing and sailing friend Rich was thinking the opposite when he wrote, "the 1% of the time when your wife is happy with you."

From an etymological perspective, my leadership friend Stuart said, "Everybody knows that – it’s Stillwater" while my friend Swany believes it to be "Hydroslacking." My running friend Tony understands it is "water unemployed" and my neighbor Dick described it as "firedandnotworking."

My college roomie John, who expects to participate in this weekend's skinny dipping activity (see last week's email or blog) described it as "a black hole, which absorbs light and a cone of silence to contain the noise."

Then my neigbhor Al realized that the opposite of fireworks is "waterworks," and he provided proof.

Please share your thoughts about "things that make you go 'Hmmm' ”:

Why would you want to be the spitting image of someone?

Live well...laugh often and heartily….be happy, have a good week and never regret anything that made you smile!