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Post by bixaorellana on May 22, 2009 3:47:08 GMT
We've all got them ~~ minor weaknesses or lacks in our otherwise perfect selves. Mine is an almost complete lack of sense of direction. I got lost taking a walk with the dog this evening. Mostly I memorize landmarks so I have a chance of finding my way around, but I've gotten pretty used to being lost most of the time. What about the rest of you? Do you panic taking tests? Weak on your multiplication tables? What?
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2009 4:49:09 GMT
It takes me years to remember a phone number. I have had a mobile phone since 2001 and I still do not know the number. I have to look it up whenever anybody asks me.
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Post by imec on May 22, 2009 13:40:33 GMT
Me? None. A model of perfection.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2009 14:03:58 GMT
I don't know that I would consider a lack of a sense of direction necessarily a foible.(I too,have none). I have a tendency to be long winded,not babbling or yammering but an inability to be succinct,lacking brevity. But then I can be incredibly terse and sullen. Overenthusiastic perhaps or totally disinterested.Brief attention span. An absolute contradiction. Too hard on myself. Overly sensitive. Defensive Can I stop now?
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Post by bixaorellana on May 22, 2009 16:43:46 GMT
No, no ~~ keep going until you slip in your own blood!
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Post by lola on May 23, 2009 0:23:26 GMT
Anyway, casi, we don't believe a word of it besides the too hard on self part, and okay, the sense of direction one.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2009 1:09:49 GMT
Where's all the foibles? At least I came clean.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 23, 2009 1:13:24 GMT
I guess they're all at home ironing their beige garments and planning mentally healthful activities.
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Post by lola on May 23, 2009 3:42:49 GMT
May I come up with a foible that I really want people to think is kind of cute?
Like, oh, I don't know, say if I cry at weddings, even if I'm just driving by some strangers' church and I spot the veil and gown? (made up example)
Or what if I'm just jampacked with foibles that everyone discusses behind my back, but I am oblivious to?
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Post by lola on May 23, 2009 3:57:47 GMT
I'll consult with my teenage daughters and see whether they can come up with any. Ha. Pointing out foibles is a specialty of that demographic.
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Post by rikita on May 23, 2009 22:35:49 GMT
i'm lazy. and i easily get distracted. and i like talking about myself and often have to really concentrate on not doing so too much.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 24, 2009 1:45:06 GMT
Lola, my mother cries if she sees people bidding each other goodbye in train stations or airports. I'm pretty much a big crybaby, too. My best friend here deals with it by mocking me cruelly.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2009 3:16:33 GMT
I never mock you! ,you must mean in Oaxaca.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 24, 2009 3:46:17 GMT
I never mock you! ,you must mean in Oaxaca. ..... My best friend [highlight=Yellow]here[/highlight] deals with it by mocking me cruelly.
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Post by spindrift on May 24, 2009 18:24:26 GMT
Foibles? I'm going to look this up in a dictionary.... I see - 'a minor weakness'....let's see...
Mine is a major weakness.....I find it hard to believe anything that people say....
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Post by lola on Jun 9, 2009 17:19:31 GMT
After two weeks' trip with my older daughter, it turns out that I actually DO have some foibles. Let's see. Where did I put that list?
I don't think I cried the whole time, though. Luckily the opera was a comedy.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2009 17:25:29 GMT
In the dark solitude of a cinema, my emotions are released. If I am with anybody, I repress them as much as possible.
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Post by lola on Jun 9, 2009 19:21:23 GMT
NOT a foible! Or the repressing, you mean?
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 9, 2009 19:56:18 GMT
That was decent of your daughter to let you know about these little quirks you were sporting, all unaware.
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Post by lola on Jun 10, 2009 13:02:16 GMT
She's amazingly tolerant, really. My foibles and hers tend to overlap in spots, and get magnified when travelling. Pokiness X2 greatly increases chance of missing train, for instance.
Is pokiness a foible, or major character flaw? Eye of the beholder thing?
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 10, 2009 14:54:16 GMT
Is pokiness a foible, or major character flaw? Eye of the beholder thing? Boy, are you asking the wrong person! I feel it shows a profound ability to appreciate each moment, a stately and respectful way of moving through life. Lesser people do not appreciate this.
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Post by lola on Jun 10, 2009 18:00:43 GMT
Thank you, Bixa. Beautifully put.
PS I love your multifaceted self portrait.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 15, 2009 21:00:33 GMT
Thank you, ma'am! I love that you found one suited to your talents!
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Post by spindrift on Jun 15, 2009 21:25:04 GMT
Pokiness - what does this mean?
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Post by lola on Jun 15, 2009 22:09:12 GMT
Hi, Spindrift. Pokiness is a tendency to poke along, dawdling, being unwilling to move briskly along to the next task.
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Post by distantshores on Jun 16, 2009 2:45:37 GMT
May I come up with a foible that I really want people to think is kind of cute? Like, oh, I don't know, say if I cry at weddings, even if I'm just driving by some strangers' church and I spot the veil and gown? (made up example) Or what if I'm just jampacked with foibles that everyone discusses behind my back, but I am oblivious to? I've seen this several times where some gal who is totally uninvolved with the event gets overwhelmed with emotion and starts balling. Could this be called "Much Ado About Nothing"???Is it because most people hide their emotions and these gals have gotten used to revealing their feelings with no reservations? It's certainly not the worst thing in the world by any means. It's usually quite entertaining!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 16, 2009 2:47:45 GMT
Gal?? GAL? ?!!!
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Post by spindrift on Jun 16, 2009 7:41:58 GMT
Lola - thanks! I might start a trend of using 'pokey' in england. How would I put it in a sentence? could I tell my friend "My, you're being pokey today" or "Why so much pokiness today? Get a move on!"?
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Post by lola on Jun 16, 2009 14:39:56 GMT
Yes, spindrift. Just right. Isn't intercultural exchange great?
We used to read our girls a children's book called Poky Little Puppy, so occasionally we call each other poky little puppies; that might be too much of an insider joke to work for you.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 16, 2009 15:53:20 GMT
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