Do you remember that film? I think this was the title at least in Spanish it was.
I'm sure some people must think me deaf and blind not to mention stuck up because I don't always speak to them in the street. I haven't always been so unnoticing of my surroundings and blame this condition on various factors. Number one factor is the fact that most people you come into contact with in the street now have a mobile phone permanently stuck to their ears, so maybe I don't realize it when they're greeting me. When I take my dog out, I'm constantly saying ¡venga ya! whenever she becomes rooted to sniffing in one spot. Venga, pronounced benga, is like saying come on! The funny thing is that, as sometimes happens, someone is calling my name and I hear 'venga, venga' like the other day as I was walking quite briskly because of those horrible winds from Siberia, which seconds before had made an empty soda can fly past me. I finally recognized the voice as that of one of my students and turned around. There he was wearing a Spanish selection football t-shirt and tracksuit bottoms - no sign of a coat! I may seemingly be deaf and blind but have enough sense to dress for the weather. It's no wonder he still has a bad cold! I also tend to pay more attention to where I'm going to avoid stepping in something nasty or tripping over a broken til,, which uses up most of my concentration. Anyway, if I don't see you in the street, now you know why.
This cartoon I took from Frank's Bizarro post. It reminded me of one of my students from years ago who happened to be a doctor. Whenever someone sneezed he would always shout out: Jesus! I thought this was funny and never corrected him. I was a bad teacher - sometimes still am!
Hope everyone has a good week with weather that's not too bad.
great read brenda and I can relate people have phones
ReplyDeletestuck up to the ear or heads down playing a game
most younger ones though,and where it use to be they would smile and
say hello,good day etc.
Thank goodness I live in a 55+ people are still
friendly even in the stores and they smile(that sells better lol))
doing my hair right now covering grey lol
and then church and most of all a day with elsie
her mom and dad get to watch the big game quietly
have a great sunday
I don't remember that movie, but enjoyed your post! Love the cartoon. Joe always says gesundheit when I say I'd like some cashews. LOL
ReplyDeletethis is such a nice post. thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeletei don't talk to people in the street all the time either, not
unless i bump into someone i know. and not even then if they
are too far away. i'm not going to yell to get their attention.
the cell phone thing is too true. and drivers are the worst.
can't tell you how many times i've been just about run
over by someone driving and talking on the phone and
paying no attention to where they are going. texting is
illegal in my state. talking on the phone while driving
should be too. i know people who people who pull
over if they want to make a call. or they make it very
brief. if you walk and someone is supposed to stop at
the corner but they almost don't it's probably because
they have a cell phone stuck to their ear.
and these people who walk around as if it's summer when it's
below freezing! how can they not feel the cold? something
is seriously wrong there.
and i doubt you are a bad teacher.
by the way in case you need it. Gesunheit.
hugz and luv dear brenda
I don't know of a movie by that title. At first I thought it may have been a line from "Scent of a Woman", then I thought that the original title is just too good to change.
ReplyDeleteI relate to the cell phone stuck in the ear thing, I hate it. I stay amazed at the extremes that people go to for that immediate call that they just must make. Several times I have heard men in a rest room who were talking on their cell phones, that is rude and beyond reason to me. I then flush everything several times so it can be heard on the other end of the conversation.
The older I get, the less of a problem that I have with not noticing people. My hearing is excellent and my eye sight normal, so I guess I'm just not looking to run into people. My standard 'must have been preoccupied, sorry' suffices just fine now.
Now 'stepping in it' is another thing. We have laws that people must pick up after their animals, so of course there are always those who won't stoop to that. I have no problem asking them if they would like one of my extra 'doggy bags'. The bags come on a roll that fits onto the leash handle. They are called 'bags on board', no crap! :-}
talking on the cell phone while in a restaurant. i go out to
ReplyDeleteeat to relax. not to hear people doing business during
lunch and supper.
I dont remember the film?? But mobiles are becoming far to intrusive, I even give people dirty looks for using them in the break room at work!
ReplyDeleteWhy did he say Jesus????
Deb, I know what you mean by being almost run over by someone talking on their phone even though here it's only permitted with 'hands free' not that a lot of drivers take notice of that. Supposedly there are lots of people driving around with 0 points! Not surprising is it? And I meant a bad teacher in that I don't always correct students.
ReplyDeleteCarol, Jesus is what people say here instead of bless you when someone sneezes.
Frank, we have those bags in a roll too. The town council also provides bags if you can find a dispenser that has them. I do what most people do here. I tie a couple of bags onto the lead. I do stoop to pick up my dog's droppings - it only takes a few seconds. In Germany I know pedestrians pick up and throw away rubbish they see in the street.
The film I was referring to was a comedy, a baad one too, starring Richard Pryor who played a blind man and who was seen driving a car under the direction of his deaf friend - don't remember who that actor was.
Ah, Thank you!!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in Germany, I thought it was the cleanest country I had been to. I still mention it to people today.
ReplyDeleteRichard Pryor and Gene Wilder played the lead roles in "See No Evil, Hear No Evil", one was deaf and the other blind - driving a car, yes.
Should of known the title would be different in Spanish!
ReplyDeleteI figured that, but couldn't translate it to anything that I recognized. Then I thought that 'see no evil, hear no evil' may not translate the same to Spanish, being somewhat of a double entendre.
ReplyDeleteThose movies weren't very good, but they were very popular here. I think that they made three together. I'm somewhat of a snob when it comes to films and shows and look for more than an excuse for eating popcorn for two hours.
I don't speak to people in the street because I don't usually see them.............must make that opticians appointment...........
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