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So true!
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Now if everyone would stop asking me what happened to my dog? (I gave her a haircut and I then feel compelled to explain!)
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Yes sometimes we do feel compelled to answer. What used to bother me was when people asked, whatās new or what have you been up to? Once I told someone Iād been knitting sweaters for squirrels but had trouble catching them to try the sweaters on. She got mad at me. 
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I still cringe when people ask whatās new or what Iāve been up to. Or, worse, what my plans are for the summer, etc.
I end up feeling like thereās something wrong with me because I donāt really have anything that I consider newsworthy, then I end up fishing around in my brain hoping I can come up with something that sounds āinteresting enoughā.
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I know exactly what that feels like within me Margo. I have always felt like they are just being āpoliteā but they really donāt want to know. Iāve also shared a bit of what interests me and their eyes glaze over. Most people go places and do things. I almost always enjoy what I do in my house. We could always say, Oh weāve been doing things that warm our hearts. I wonder if this would make a good subject for a circle call.
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I like coming up with absurd things.
āWhatās new with you?ā
āWell, I decided to start bathing againā¦ā.
āIt looks like the charges will be droppedā¦ā
āThe doctors all say itās very likely Iām not contagious anymoreā¦ā
All said with great enthusiasm and a look of āisnāt that great!ā on my faceā¦
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What a good idea Glenn 
I think my knitting sweaters for squirrels was pretty good but Iām sure there are even better ones. Iām going to put on my silly hat and play with absurdism.
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I think itās like asking āHow are you?ā when they donāt really want to know. I often answer with a simple āHelloā and it really throws them off.
Them: āHey, what have you been up to lately?ā
Me: āHello!ā
Them: Confused lookā¦
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Zig Ziglar used to great everyone everytime with āGood Morning!ā Yes, at 10pm in the elevator. A bright cheerful Good Morning!
I love the squirrel reply. To me that speaks to the weirdness and uniqueness that I find so appealing. But some people cannot, for example, handle in their brain humor like that. Best for them to stay away from me . I had a friend (for a while) whose brain did not process absurdities. She found being around me very uncomfortable ā even though I donāt consider my humor to be nearly as absurdly clever as knitting sweaters for squirrels but having a hard time catching them!
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Brilliant Margo! I have a friend who always says Good Morning no matter what time it is. Itās annoyed me sometimes but Iām sure that has to do with what mood Iām in at the time.
Youāre right that saying hello can throw them off. I found that asking them a question works too. They forget about wanting to know what Iām doing because they love talking about themselves. I do that often when I am sure they donāt really want to hear about me and I donāt feel like sharing about me.
Iām glad you like my squirrel reply. Recently I was thinking about saying, āgiving a lot of thought about what the result would be of a cat and dog producing an offspring. So I went to AI and played around. What have you been up to?
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When I was a little kid I thought cats were female and dogs were maleā¦thatās how I had that sorted. So, in that universe there could be offspringā¦
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I like the āGood morningā optionā¦
I will often use a line from that great fun movie āThe Big Chillā and just say to someone āAre we the first oneās up?ā
So I think combining those two statements, āGood morningā¦are we the first oneās up?ā would be an excellent opportunity to create some mild confusion and/or laughter.
If youāve got two minutes and twenty-four seconds to spare itās a funny sceneā¦
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I wasnāt the first one up this morning 
but its an amusing expression.
I watched the video but couldnāt understand much of what they were saying over the āmusicā (a pet peeve) and there wasnāt any cc on it. I did enjoy seeing the way they changed scenes with shadows fading in and out of the wall.
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What they were saying wasnāt really importantā¦it was the idea that all these people had been up for probably hours busily and noisily getting their day started and then Jeff Goldblum comes in long after theyāve all cleared out, obviously having slept through all that activity, and then asks āare we the first oneās up?ā. Anyway, maybe it makes more sense and is funnier when you know the larger context of the movie and the various charactersā¦ 
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Yes it made sense when you explained it. Thank you Glenn.
You too Glenn! So did I. Thatās why I wanted to see what Midjouney would come up with if I asked for a cat/dog offspring. I got some weird pictures but not quite what I was looking for.
I think Iām going to watch the whole movie again! Itās a good one, for sure!
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