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| Pauline |
Game: the person after meThis game is on a german thread on the unilang forum. When I've read it the first time I thought that it was a quite stupid idea, but it's now a very fun thread, so I will copy here this game in english!!How to play this game Someone puts a sentence e.g. the person after me likes chocolate. The visitor after replies this statement yes or no and maybe some more comments. Then this visitor writes a new sentence what begin: the person after me..... Native speakers can correct the mistakes please!!!! Beginning of the game: The person after me likes geography the most of all the subjects. |
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| Pauline |
Möchte niemand mitspielen??? ich habe gmerkt, dass jemand schon gestimmt hat!!
nobody would like to play this game??? I've noticed that someone has voted!!! Maybe it's not clear how to play the game? I'll answer the firts question so that it will be more evident: No, I like geography, but it's not my favourite subject. The next person likes chocolate. |
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| Akoni |
Yes, I like chocolate very much!
The next person likes PC games. |
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| Deborah |
No, I'm from the Stone Age and I never got interested in computer games.
La persona siguiente aprendí español a casa. |
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| Pauline |
Stone Age  I'm from the preceding millennium as well and I don't like computer games. One time I played a computer game but I didn't enjoy it. The computer I use only for: visit the forum, look up on the internet, make my homework, emails.
Sí, estoy aprendiendo el español a casa con un libro. The person after me can speak, or would like to learn an oriental language. La persona siguiente puede, o quiere aprender un idioma oriental. |
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| Lazar |
I think I'm too lazy to ever master the Chinese or Japanese writing systems, but I would like to learn Hindi.
The next person has a pet that they love very much. |
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| KSa |
No, I haven't got a pet animal. I had a hamster once but it died after reaching an old age of 2.5 years.
The next person doesn't know who Adam Malysz is and why Polish people are very happy today. |
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| Pauline |
No, I don't know who's he, so maybe you'd like to explain us?
No, no sé quién es, entonces quizás querías expliquarnos? The person after me live in a place where it's sunny. La persona siguiente vive en un lugar donde hace sol. Por favor mejorar mi castellano!! |
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| Irrintzi |
¡Sí, sí; claro que sí!
Euskal Herrian, Odeitsu tipiak badirelako, eguzki pixkat ukan dugu! Arratsaldean haize berrogoa izan da (beharba Embata edo hegoko haizea), fiteegi hondartzarat joango gara! In the basque country, small clouds appeared, however we had a little sun. In the afternoon the atmosphere warmed itself (certainly the "South wind" or the Embata), very fast we shall go to the beach! En el paìs vasco, las pequeñas nubes aparecieron, pero sobre todo tuvimos poco sol, la tarde la atmósfera se recalentó (ciertamente el " viento del sur " o el embata), i muy rápidamente iremos a la playa ! Au pays basque, de petits nuages sont apparus, malgrès tout nous avons eu un peu de soleil, l'après-midi l'atmosphère s'est réchauffée (certainement le "vent du sud" ou l'embata), très vite nous irons à la plage! The next person, went or will go to the beach very soon... |
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| Pauline |
I wish I would go to the beach very soon, but probably it won't be soon. the weather today was beautiful: sunny and nice, but too cold for sit outside and for sure too cold for the beach (it's about 4h by car from my house).
Me encantaría ir a la playa durante los días que vienen, aunque no sea probable. hoy hacía muy buen tiempo: mucho sol pero demasiado frío para sentarte fuera y segura demasiado frío para estar en la playa (está 4h de mi casa en coche) the person after me likes cocktails la persona siguiente la gusta cocteles |
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| Deborah |
Depende del coctel -- no me gustan mucho los cocteles alcohólicos. Pero en la cocina mexicana, hay "cocteles" de ceviche o de camarones que me gustan muchísimo.
The person after me has never had a coctel de ceviche or a coctel de camarones. |
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| Pauline |
No, I've never had those cocktails.
No, nunca he tomado estos cocteles. The person after me has been in Asia La persona siguiente ha estado en asia. |
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| Harrenys Targaryen |
Yes, I was born there.
Ja, jeg blev født der. The person after me has tried skydiving. Personen efter mig har prøvet faldskærmsudspring. |
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| Walker |
I have not, but I have ridden the waves of a lake standing on a board. We made a wooden board and fastened a rope to a boat and had fun.
The person after me knows from where my signature is taken. |
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| Pauline |
No, I don't know. From where is it taken?
The person after me doesn't like the colour orange |
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| Deborah |
I even looked it up, and only found that lots of people use it in their posts. So where was it taken from, Walker? The person after me doesn't like the colour orange You're almost right -- I don't wear orange (it doesn't suit me) and I don't particularly care for it as a color in other areas. However, there are a number of orange flowers that I like, foremost among them the California poppy. 
(It's been some time since any poppy pictures have appeared here, and it's wildflower season, so I thought it would be timely.) The person after me would rather live by the ocean than in the mountains. |
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| Walker |
They do? Well, I'm quite sure that most of them didn't use the same source I did. 
It's from a song in Asterix and Cleopatra. It's when Asterix and Obelix are trapped inside of pyramid and they get so hungry they start dreaming or hallucinating about food. While they sing the song in question they see these roasted wild boar dancing, and huge cheeses come rolling before them. I used to watch those Asterix & Obelix movies when I was a kid. All I can remember of the lyrics is: Äta bör man annars dör man x2 (one ought to eat otherwise one will die) Vräka i sig mat, tömma alla fat (eat all the food, empty all the plates) Äta bör man annars dör maaan!!! (one ought to eat otherwise one will die) The person after me would rather live by the ocean than in the mountains. Yes, I think I would. The person after me likes his/her occupation. |
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| André in Zuid-Afrika |
The person after me likes his/her occupation.
I don't just like it, I love it!!  Being a journalist was a dream when I was still in school, and I love every minute of doing it!
The person after me loves sport. |
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| Akoni |
I love sports indeed, especially extreme sports!
The person after me likes chocolate. |
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| Yelina |
I love chocolate!  And because of eating too much, I even had health problems 
The person after me likes Asian movies |
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| Wanderin |
i'm indifferent because i haven't seen any....
The person after me likes cars |
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| Deborah |
Sorry to be a wet blanket, but I don't own a car and almost never even think about cars -- except this type:
(BTW, this cable car is in the neighborhood where the elusive Kirk lives, and where I used to live.) If I did have a car, I think I'd like it to be decorated like this: http://www.bmwworld.com/artcars/art_mahlangu.htm The person after me has an unusual hobby. |
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| Elaine |
Is collecting Barbie dolls an unsual hobby? 
Bar mitzvah Barbie... who knew she was Jewish?? The person after me keeps an exotic animal for a pet. |
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| Akoni |
I have a Pogona Vitticeps, which is an Australian Lizard. 
The person after me speaks Dutch. |
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| André in Zuid-Afrika |
The person after me speaks Dutch.
Sort of, I guess!! 
The person after me loves movies. |
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| Deborah |
Yes!!! Especially when I can see them in the old movie palaces, such as San Francisco's Castro Theatre, where the mighty Wurlitzer organ still rises from the orchestra pit between shows and the audience is treated to a medley of show tunes. The organist always finishes with the song "San Francisco" from the 1936 movie of the same name. The audience used to sing along on that one, but they don't seem to do that anymore. The person after me has studied languages from at least 3 groups (such as germanic, slavic, etc.) |
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| Pauline |
No, I havn't studied languages from at least 3 groups, only 2.
The person after me can see animals from the window of the room where they are sitting. |
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| Harrenys Targaryen |
Nope, the suburban development committee put a stop to that when they built my family's house. (-_-)
The person after me owns at least five bilingual dictionaries, e.g. Italian-English, German-Spanish, etc. |
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| Lazar |
Yes, I have tons and tons of bilingual dictionaries! I've got Spanish-English, Portuguese-English, German-English, Latin-English, Classical Greek-English, Dutch-English, French-English, Hebrew-English, Italian-English, Albanian-English, and Russian-English, in varying quantities.
The person after me loves Indian food. |
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| Deborah |
The person after me loves Indian food.[/quote]
I do, indeed. When I was a vegetarian, I was fortunate enough to be living in NYC, where Indian and Pakistani restaurants were plentiful and cheap. The person after me has never eaten Ethiopian food. |
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| André in Zuid-Afrika |
Oy yes, I LOVE Indian food!! 
The person after me enjoys cooking. |
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| Elaine |
Sweetie, you just totally ignored Deborah.
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| André in Zuid-Afrika |
Oh. Oops.  How did that happen?  I guess I just got excited by the thought of Indian food!
Anyway, let's try again. Yep, I've never eaten Ethiopian food. The person after me loves cooking |
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| Elaine |
Yes, I love cooking... mom's cooking, tia alma's cooking, mama celeste's cooking... Just a stupid joke.
But yes, I do love to cook. The person after me has appeared on stage (high school production, dance recital, Broadway, the West End, etc.) |
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| Pauline |
I was in some gymnastic and dance performances but only local things absolutly of amateur standard, so i will give this question to the person after me, because I know that others will have very interesting replies!!!! i think that it's one of the best question of all!! | ||||||||||
| Deborah |
Well, I think that counts as an answer, Pauline. But, since you left the door open...when I was 16-18, I performed with a small, regional ballet company whose members were mostly teenagers. Then I went to a peforming arts college (ordinarily, ballet dancers don't go to college because they're starting their professional careers by that time, but I started late), where I appeared in school productions and did some tours of schools in North Carolina.
Then I was in a modern (as opposed to classical) ballet company in San Francisco for 3 year, and performed as a dancer in the SF Opera one season. I then went to NY to study at the studio connected to my favorite modern dance company, during which time I started taking gymnastics classes. There were no openings in the dance company for a couple of years, but I did a lot of performances with aspiring choreographers. Then the people who taught my gymnastics class asked me to join their small company, which combined gymnastic technique with dance. Before I consented, I finally had a chance to audition for my dream company. But I didn't get in, so I joined the gymnastic dance company, where I stayed for 2 years. We performed in and around NY, and even got to do some performances one summer in Switzerland. But I wasn't happy about the way my career was going, so at the early age of 30, I stopped dancing. Oh, and later I was a bellydancer for about 7 years. I don't think we should stop this either. Next? (Elaine??) |
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| Elaine |
Well, I try.
I wonder if we should create a separate "On stage/in the spotlight" thread... Well, I'm actually embarrassed to say, but my first "stage" experience was when I was 8 years old and I competed for the Little Miss Norco Mounted Posse Rodeo Queen title and the Little Miss Jurupa Rodeo Queen title later that summer (both in Riverside County). I lost both times and sore loser me vowed, "NEVER AGAIN!" (as I crossed my arms, stomped my feet, and pouted).
In junior high play production, I was cast as Maria in "Westside Story" but at the last minute our teacher demoted me to the role of Anita and made me understudy to the girl who ended up playing Maria (that bitch!). I guess I just couldn't play sweet and wholesome at the time. Anita was a good part but she didn't have nearly as much stage time as Maria.
And in high school, I was in the productions of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Our Town, and My Fair Lady, and for our annual Christmas program my senior year I played the Virgin Mary in a reactment of the story of Jesus. See I could play sweet and wholesome after all! 
So where do we go from here? Do I post another question? |
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| Deborah |
I'm surprised you weren't thrilled at being "demoted" to Anita -- it would be so much more fun! And you get to dance in the mambo and "I Like to be in America" -- who needs Maria?
When the movie came out, I was 11. "Playing" West Side Story was a very popular pastime among the girls in the neighborhood. Everyone wanted to be Anita except for one very devoutly religious girl who wanted to play Maria. I usually got stuck playing someone like Velma. |
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| Deborah |
And yes, why don't you start the game again? | ||||||||||
| Julian |
Heh-heh. I played Chino in my junior high production of West Side Story. In college I played "Leather Bar Clone #2" in a play called As Is, and I bared my bum in a crappy original play called Nick's Play which closed after 3 performances at the McCadden Place Theater in Hollywood. So alas, my bare ass couldn't even pack the house! 
May I restart the game? The person after me plays a musical instrument. |
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| Elaine |
At the time, I so wanted to play Maria because I was naive enough to believe that because this was the lead role, it was the better role. And my parents wanted me to play Maria because she was a good girl and not a hoochie mama like Anita. But after I got over my initial disappointment, I grew to relish my character because she was fierce! and so integral to the events that transpired. Love or hate her, she was vibrant and not some milksop like Maria. 
Well, I took piano lessons briefly when I was like 9 or 10 but that stint didn't last too long because I couldn't sit still enough to practice and I guess I just wasn't into it. The person after me loves mangoes. (Dumb question, I know, but I just had one for breakfast and it was delicious!) |
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| Deborah |
Julian, I can just hear you shouting, "He killed your brother!" (Does Chino say that in the play? I've only seen the movie.)
Elaine, Rita Moreno as Anita impressed me so much that I started coloring all female characters in coloring books to look like her -- morena with black hair, and their clothes were always the color of the dress she wore at the dance in the gym. (Back in my day, 11-year-olds still "played" movies and had coloring books -- we didn't have sex in classrooms when the teacher was away! Or maybe I was just backward.)
I do! But it wasn't until I had a Mexican roommate that I learned that I had been eating them before they were fully ripe. I already thought they were delicioius, but when I tasted the real thing, I was instantly transported to heaven. I like Manila mangos best of all -- less fiber, incredibly smooth & slippery texture, great flavor. 
The next person after me can do a cartwheel. (Sorry, don't know how to say it in any other language.) |
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| Walker |
I wish... but the forward/backward hopping thing is even cooler, you know, like Catwoman does it. To make a cartwheel is called att hjula in Swedish. Hjul is Swedish for 'wheel' and the word is simply made into a verb by adding an 'a' to it. The next person likes to go up with the cock... ...as the saying goes around here. It means to get up early in the morning. |
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| Elaine |
Well... I like to go down on... um... NO! I don't like to get up early in the morning! 
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| Pauline |
I have sang karaoke one time because in the house those people have a TV and the karaoke software so we put some songs and sang them (and danced). It was very fun because the TV showed us the results: how accurate have we sang those songs!!! It didn't tell us about the dancing, only the singing because it was via the microphones, so we have made an excuse that we danced really fantastic so it wasn't possible to sing perfectly.
The person after me will tell us a funny joke. |
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| André in Zuid-Afrika |
Supposedly G.B. Shaw once sent Winston Churchill some tickets for the first night of one of his plays.
Churchill then sent Shaw a telegram to the effect: "Cannot come first night. Will come second night if you have one." Shaw promptly replied: "Here are two tickets for the second night. Bring a friend if you have one." The person after me loves reading |
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| Deborah |
Thanks for the anecdote, André. Witty comebacks are so much better than just saying F*** you!
The person after me loves reading I do, indeed. I didn't learn to read until I went to school, and this was my first book: 
But apparently I'd been subconsciously reading before then, because after my first day of reading at school, I went home and started reading all the books I thought I didn't know how to read. And they were considerably more advanced than "Come, Dick. Come and see." The person after me likes reptiles. |
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| Elaine |
That seems so innocent compared to the Dick & Jane books I read as a child: 
I love reptiles. I used to have a pet turtle and geckos when I was a child. And I contemplated getting a pet snake, but the thought of feeding them mice didn't sit well with me. The person after me has eaten game meat (like kangaroo, squirrel, rabbit, deer, etc... not common stuff like duck or goose). |
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| Yelina |
[quote="Elaine"]
I've already eaten unusual meats. I ate some ostrich, kangoroo, roe deer. We use to eat this kind of meat for Christmas. I must say I seldom finish my plate. 
Rabbit isn't considered as an uncommon meat here. You can find this in different restaurants and we sometimes cook it at home. The person after me likes writing poems |
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| André in Zuid-Afrika |
Well, I like writing, but not poems.
The person after me likes trains |
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| Walker |
I like trains. Riding a train can be a nice experience, but it depends on what people are occupying the seats around you. A pretty girl in one of the opposite seats can be nice, indeed. The two of you may be sitting there for two or three hours and afterwards you'll be left with a sigh in your chest when you think about her and wonder who she was, and you think about what you could've said to her but never did. On the other hand, having a bunch of screaming kids around you is not very pleasant. Thank God for MP3 players!
The next person likes to go to music festivals. |
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| Porthos |
If that means concerts, then heck yes!!! The person after me likes Pinot Noir. |
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| Elaine |
I love Pinot Noir. It is, in the words of Master Sommelier Madeline Triffon, "sex in a glass"! But I love all full-bodied reds.
The person after would consider going under the knife for cosmetic purposes (c'mon fess up!). If so, what would you change about yourself? |
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| Deborah |
I don't think this type of cosmetic surgery exists, but I'd like to have perfectly straight legs (the bones, that is). When I was a teenaged ballet student, I used to dream that I woke up and discovered that my legs had magically straightened out while I was sleeping.
The person after me has been to a high school or college/university reunion. |
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| Elaine |
I've been to a couple of high school reunions. Immaculate Heart High has annual reunions every first Sunday in May where alumni are invited to attend regardless of year of graduation. I went to two of those the first couple of years after graduation, but now I have no desire to go back there since I realized how far I'd fallen from God.
The person after me exercises regularly |
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| Walker |
The person after me exercises regularly
If walking or riding your bicycle to and from work counts as exercise, then yes. In any case, I intend to start running a couple of times a week. I did that last fall but then I stopped as winter came along. As for working out, I've only been doing push-ups from time to time, but I intend on doing that more regularly as well. In fact, I watched a video on the internet today for some tips on how to do a few exercises. It's not so hard and it doesn't have to be very time-consuming either. It's all in your head, really. You just have to pull yourself together and do it. The next person has licked on a metal object outside in the freezing cold and got stuck. |
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| Deborah |
The next person has licked on a metal object outside in the freezing cold and got stuck.
Nope. The closest I've come to it is getting my tongue momentarily stuck to a very frozen popsicle. I was never in freezing weather when I was a little kid, which is when -- I assume -- people do stupid tricks like that.
The next person has read a sign that says "Wet Paint" and then touched the newly-painted object to see if it's really still wet. |
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| Elaine |
All the time. I just can't help myself.
And if I may share a little anecdote regarding the previous question. Once when I was little, I went to the freezer to get an Otter Pop. Well, one of them had sprung a leak and spilled onto a metal bar that holds things in place, so I went to lick it up only to get stuck. Thankfully, my big brother was in the right frame of mind and poured warm water over my tongue.
The person after me has ever flirted to get out of a speeding ticket (or something similar). |
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| Deborah |
Elaine, have you ever actually had to pay a speeding ticket?
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| Elaine |
I actually did once date a cop who made my traffic tickets magically disappear. So I have gotten tickets before, I just never had to pay them.
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| Porthos |
Hah! Gasp! You dated a pig? How disgraceful!
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| Elaine |
Not really. I love a man in a uniform. And the handcuffs and baton definitely added to his appeal
P.S. if you're going to post in this thread, you have to play the game. 
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| Deborah |
The person after me has ever flirted to get out of a speeding ticket (or something similar).
Since no one else seems to be rising to the occasion, I'll offer my uninteresting answer: no. For one thing, I don't own a car, so that lowers the chances of ever speeding. But as for "something similar", what often has worked for me was the total admission of guilt, along with acknowledgment that the authority figure is completely in the right and that I harbor absolutely no ill will toward him for what he has to do. I think this only worked because I was serious and wasn't actually trying to get out of anything. This happened a lot in school when I should have received a worse grade than I did. The next person has saved someone's life or at least saved them from grievous bodily harm. |
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| Yelina |
The next person has saved someone's life or at least saved them from grievous bodily harm.
Actually, I've never saved someone's life (or at least I don't remember), but I've been saved by my boyfriend. We went to a village party and when the time of coming back arrived, I found my sister (who had to drive me home) in a bad state. She kept on fainting and wasn't even able to walk 10 meters alone. All our friends were trying to dissuade her from driving, but she refused. She screamed at us and tried to get up again, but in vain, she was still fainting. At that moment, I wished my boyfriend arrived (as he stayed in the party) and as by miracle, he was leaving the party and saw us trying to carry my sister. Then, he managed to "steal" her keys and he decided to drive us home. On the highway, the weather was really bad, there was storm and he had to slow down as we couldn't even see the road. An hour and a half later, when he let us safe, I whispered to him he was my angel. I really thought it and still do. I don't see how my sister and I could have come back without having an accident and being grievously bodily harm (if not dead). I must say my sister felt very guilty after this because my boyfriend had to call a taxi to come back to the party (which was about 60km away) and he had to spend lots of money. The person after me has already blushed in public without even noticing it |
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| Elaine |
That's a very good question and I wish I had gotten to it first, but oh well... And I'm sorry, Yelina, but I don't ever recall a time when I blushed in public without me knowing it, so I'll give someone else a chance to answer. |
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| Walker |
How's that? |
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| Elaine |
Huh?
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| Walker |
Sorry, I was referring to Porthos' pig comment. |
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| Elaine |
Oh. "Pig" is a derogatory term for a police officer. So, Walker, have you ever blushed in public without even knowing it? |
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| Porthos |
I once heroically saved a girl from something we thought to be quick sand when I was at summer camp in the mountains. I got her out, but then I fell in. And then the whole group came to my rescue and saved me from it. I was still at that "must prove I'm uber-macho" phase.
The next person has been stung by a jellyfish at least once. |
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| Walker |
Yes, I know. It's my English again... I meant to ask Porthos why he would use that term when referring to policemen. Did something happen to you, Porthos?
I don't know but I probably have. |
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| Porthos |
Lol. It's just something that's deeply ingrained coming from a family like mine. Mexicans in East L.A. aren't exactly full of affection for cops. White police officers used to be very vicious toward us in the past, much like they were toward blacks. They beat my uncle during the Chicano movement. They beat my brother on more than one occassion. And so I naturally mistrust them, almost instinctively. They also threw me in handcuffs and roughed me up just for being involved in a streetfight. |
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| Benjamin [inactive] |
They shouldn't have roughed you up, but I don't see how 'just' being involved in a street fight could be seen as acceptable either — or why you'd end up involved in something like that in the first place. |
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| Walker |
Oh, dear... then I see why you wouldn't like them. There are bad cops, that's for sure. |
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| Porthos |
Some of us don't live in a priveleged setting, and don't have the benefit of being born into a "middle-class" lifestyle. For me, being surrounded by urban poverty and gang violence, street fights were a way of life, and nearly unavoidable. |
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