Believe or not, the thoughts I post to this blog have normally been worked and re-worked many times over, often over a period of days. Many others have been eliminated altogether. Following are seven thoughts that occurred to me today, June 14, 2011. Here they are exactly as they popped into my head. I have not reworked them, and I have not reviewed them in the light of the morning. If you like these, this blog is going to become a whole lot easier.
"Sometimes I wonder -- if I were drop-dead handsome, and every woman I met actually dropped dead, would I ever get tired of it?"
"Whatever a woman does to attract a man, if she asks him, "What really attracted you to me," it had better be something else.
"Just because people avoid you doesn't mean they're avoiding you like the plague, unless they're covering their nose with a handkerchief."
"Nothing is ever perfect, like even if you had drop-dead good looks, your skin might exude a lethal noxious gas, and you would never actually know why people around you were dropping dead."
If one day God said to you, "If you wish, you can trade your intelligence for drop-dead good looks, what would your answer be? I mean, if "Yes" weren't allowed.
"Just remember -- if you had the friendliest, most winning personality on earth, you'd always wonder if people liked you only for your personality."
For instant perspective, there's nothing like sifting through the rubble of your tornado-ravaged home and finding your "Things I Gotta Do" list from yesterday.
~~ Robert Brault
28 comments:
I think your blog just got a lot easier?
Because these are great!
=)
4 and 5 don't work for me (and the last bit of 5 seems not to make sense) but the other 5 are good.
Liking the "as they come approach" though would whittle down slightly harder, and not be afraid to post just one or two, if that's all that's left after whittling...
No need to refine though, they're still of interest (bar, for me, the two I mentioned) just as they popped out!
:)
x
I like them. I too laugh at commonly used exaggerations, like "avoiding like the plague". They are so far out. =)
Hilarious, The first one will continue to be funny Rb..lol
Pretty much laughing out loud at most of these -- love them.
I really like the last one. I may never make a "to do" list again. ;)
Gosh, it's a tummy wobbling tickler! From the first one: "Sometimes I wonder -- if I were drop-dead handsome, and every woman I met actually dropped dead, would I ever get tired of it?"...to the last about the to-do list, this post is so good!
All,
Be warned that I am greatly encouraged by your comments. It's easier, and a lot more fun, to let a thought go where it wants, rather than steer it down the path to logical good sense.
Problem is, it's a genre pretty much owned by Jack Handey, whose "Deep Thoughts" you might be familiar with. One invites such a comparison at one's peril.
Glad you like.
smiles,
rb
Smiling, the last one has got to be the best.
I love these! Continue to let your thoughts "go where they may" .. these are fabulous!
I'm actually smiling first thing this morning thanks to you, not an easy feat considering I had to give up coffee :)
Hi Robert
Tremendous...especially the first and last.
I liked #6 best, but I love all of them! There's a spontaneity about them that tickles you down to your toes!
I would say, please keep posting and save the whittling for when you want to give us a powerful dose of thinking material to ponder. These 'come when they come' ones are too good to be disposed of!
Oh gosh, this is exactly what I needed. It's 12:45 A.M. and I know I should be sleeping, but I felt kind of restless. I finally wandered over to your site and have been sitting here with a silly grin on my face that began with the first quote. I feel complete now and can go to sleep. I think I just needed to be reassured that there is someone in this world who gets it.
By the way, I adore Jack Handey.When I read the first few quotes I thought to myself,"Robert is even better than Jack Handey." Of course that made me laugh again when I read your comment above about Jack.
So I'll head to bed, still giggling, and when my husband wakes up and says, "What are you giggling about?" all I'll have to say is "Brault," and he will say knowingly, "Ah."
All,
Thanks again. You are really too kind. (No you're not.)
teachersuz and Randi,
Images of the two of you "tickled to your toes" and "giggling in bed" are ones I'm not likely to get tired of. Randi, please let "Winston" know that if he made my wife "feel complete," I would be happy for the both of them. (smile)
rb
This post was a refreshing break from the highly-intelligent sounding thoughts you usually post! (But that doesn't mean stop posting them altogether, I like highly-intelligent sounding thins as well. Keep posting both!)
Love them all, Robert, but my favorite really is #3..."avoiding you like the plague." I actually laughed out loud on that one! :)
Thanks for sharing and yes...please 'em coming!
Curtman,
Ah, another member of my vast teenage following. I promise you I will continue to post highly-intelligent sounding things. Highly intelligent things will remain scarce.
Becky,
Of course, another sign that they're avoiding you like the plague is when they start singing "Ring Around the Rosie."
smiles both,
rb
Whatever a woman does to attract a man, if she asks him, "What really attracted you to me," it had better be something else.
......... unanimously agreed, both wife n me, about ur sharpened dagger while it wounds( i dont think it wounds )lifts the gem up..........
rgrds
salu
If one day God said to you, "If you wish, you can trade your intelligence for drop-dead good looks, what would your answer be? I mean, if "Yes" weren't allowed.
..i think, you mean to say you would opt drop-dead good looks.
LOVE the bottom three, Bob.
Each day learn something new, and just as important, relearn something old. ~Robert Brault
That quote from Quote Garden brought me here and I started reading. :)
#2 I learned this lesson long ago... NEVER ASK - let it be a mystery or a figment of my imagination.
They are all delightful observations of humanity.
Anonymous,
Yes, that's what I meant -- although I suppose if I were good-looking, I'd wish to be wise.
Oana,
Never say "LOVE the bottom three", because I am apt to rearrange them on you.
Marian,
At the risk of divulging secrets of the male psyche, what attracted me to you is your kind comment.
smiles all,
rb
Dear Robert,
I tried to post a comment with the profile displayed but it seems like mission impossible (don't know why thou).
Someone above said that both ways were nice - carefully trimmed ones and "come as you are" ones. I agree, so the question in the end is which way do you feel represents you best.
I am the "come as you are" type however I can never get my postings short, exactly because of that - I am lazy and do not want to re-read and shape down anything to an essence of wisdom.
No matter how you do it - keep doing it :-)
Georgina
(and here is a long one from me - http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com/2011/07/cleaning.html )
Anon,
Thanks for stopping by. Lately several people have invited me to read their blogs, and I can assure you that you are not the only one who can't keep her postings short. However, you are not lazy, and your "cleaning" piece is about as nicely shaped as it can be. Your reader well knows what you're getting after, and in the end, you deliver.
smiles,
rb
On 1st one few thoughts: How many would it actually take, for you to figure out, that it's your drop-dead looks, that kills them..
Or: Might have gotten rich on writing a bestseller "World without women",that of course if your drop-dead looks worked only on them, but who said other half wouldn't get striked by it? "Looks" could have an universal impact..
There are more thoughts i had , but those two were the first to strike my mind..
PS and u ever got tired of it you could always use a mask i guess :o)
Elvira,
Actually I never thought of it that way. Thank you for your very unusual observations.
smiles,
rb
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