It seems that Iam developing a bit of a cult following.
One of my workmates told me the other day I was a cult. At least I think thats what he said. I may have misheard.
The thing is, I have no way of knowing, beacuse nobody has ever commented on my blogs (I discount my Japanese/Chinese stalker on the grounds that I have no idea what he or she was trying to say) Yet I seem to have attracted advertising which suggests that someone must be reading this.
So, please, if you are reading this shit please let me know. If I am wasting my time, that's fine; It's my time to waste. But if I have a following then perhaps I ought to know. That way I can offend and insult more people.
Saturday, 29 January 2011
Monday, 17 January 2011
How are you?
How are you? It would seem to be a pretty harmless question, and in Britain it is. I don't know how people respond in other countries but in the UK the standard response is, "Fine" or "okay" followed by "how are you?"
The thing you have to understand is that this is simply polite conversation, the opening perhaps to a longer conversation about something else. It is a means to get talking. The one thing the enquirer does not want to know is how you are. So, if you have a bad cold, genital warts, or your arm has fallen off, the last thing he or she wants to hear, is the details. You simply reply, "okay."
At worst you might venture a "Mustn't grumble."
It occurs to me however, that we have this whole pretend concern thing arse about face. The last person to give an unbiased health assessment about yourself is yourself. Most medical conditions which don't hospitalise you come on gradually, so you adapt to them over a period of time, rather like the clutch wearing out on your car - you just get used to it. Or if ti came on quickly you wake up in hospital with a man in a white coat gravely explaining how long you have left.
So given that you have had several months to get used to things, you are hardly in a position to be subjective.
What you should do when meeting a friend or acquaintance for the first time in ages, is to give them an appraisal of how you percive their own helath to be and then ask them to comment on your own health. Hence, "You're looking well. How am I?" If the reply is less than enthuiastic you then know you've either let your self go a bit, you have a hangover or you are about to die from some horrible disease. The important thing is of course that you get an independant appraisal from someone else. Far better than looking in a mirror. And it would also let you know who your real friends are, because those who care about you will hopefully be honest, while those with no interest, vested or otherwise, would simply relpy "you're looking fine." Or more likely "What the fuck are you on about you mentalist?" This was the reaction when I tried this unorthodox tactic recently.
But now you know the reasoning you will hopefully understand when I next see you. How am I?
The thing you have to understand is that this is simply polite conversation, the opening perhaps to a longer conversation about something else. It is a means to get talking. The one thing the enquirer does not want to know is how you are. So, if you have a bad cold, genital warts, or your arm has fallen off, the last thing he or she wants to hear, is the details. You simply reply, "okay."
At worst you might venture a "Mustn't grumble."
It occurs to me however, that we have this whole pretend concern thing arse about face. The last person to give an unbiased health assessment about yourself is yourself. Most medical conditions which don't hospitalise you come on gradually, so you adapt to them over a period of time, rather like the clutch wearing out on your car - you just get used to it. Or if ti came on quickly you wake up in hospital with a man in a white coat gravely explaining how long you have left.
So given that you have had several months to get used to things, you are hardly in a position to be subjective.
What you should do when meeting a friend or acquaintance for the first time in ages, is to give them an appraisal of how you percive their own helath to be and then ask them to comment on your own health. Hence, "You're looking well. How am I?" If the reply is less than enthuiastic you then know you've either let your self go a bit, you have a hangover or you are about to die from some horrible disease. The important thing is of course that you get an independant appraisal from someone else. Far better than looking in a mirror. And it would also let you know who your real friends are, because those who care about you will hopefully be honest, while those with no interest, vested or otherwise, would simply relpy "you're looking fine." Or more likely "What the fuck are you on about you mentalist?" This was the reaction when I tried this unorthodox tactic recently.
But now you know the reasoning you will hopefully understand when I next see you. How am I?
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