I'm talking my brain. I've always read quickly but I think I need to slow down. I grab words with the eyes, think about them for a while, realize they don't make sense and go back and re-read again and think: whoa Nelly!
The other day my eyes grabbed: "Decorating Engineers" off a page.
And there was a wonderful few seconds when I thought: What a great idea, they're usually so dull and drab looking, we could up the ante here and throw on some sparkly bits, hang some loud earrings, dye their hair purple, hang a tambourine off an arm, maybe some lovely tap-dancing shoes.
Then I evacuated the reverie and re-read the bit: "Designating engineers". Ah, sad. But hey! my brain going off in unexpected directions can be delightful.
Ear worms now take longer to leave me. I had two days solid of "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life". This will be my funeral dirge. A kind of vengeance on those in attendance. Give them all an ear worm for a couple of days. Remember me!
Caution: Ear worm alert: Play this at your peril.
I keep meaning to learn the words to this song. Isn't it great! -Kate
ReplyDeleteI love it like I do all of Monty Python.
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I didn't need to play it to hear the song. A movie I loved. Decades later I do still know all the words. It is a MUCH less irritating earworm than many. Polka dot bikini made a few days nasty a while back...
ReplyDeleteThe by-ways and paths of my brain are often more interesting than the reality of the highway.
Brilliant movie, standing so much on its ear. I agree the really side trips can be fascinating but slow down the reading somewhat.
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Consider, they could have been singing "You are my sunshine." Or how about using it for their encore. Let's see, and for the curtain call, Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole, "Somewhere over the rainbow".
ReplyDeleteI do love You are my sunshine Joanne but for some reason it doesn't give me an earworm!
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Not playing it. I know what will happen. I too have started to misread words, especially signs and advertising.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I'm not alone!
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I've had an earworm last weeks! I've heard that you can remove the earworm by playing the song, then playing another song right after. But I couldn't remember the song my earworm (two lines) was from. I misread words too.
ReplyDeleteAlways good to know I'm not an aberrant out there wandering in my confusion, ready as they say to be put into a home for the bewildered.
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Bewildered... I can identify.
DeleteMy brain delights in weird little tricks. At least I blame my brain but i think it's really because I try to jump to the next thing and lose focus.
ReplyDeleteI was sure "Always look on the bright side..." would become my ear worm but I find it's "you are my sunshine" It's already on repeat...... if only my earworm was as distractable as my brain
I'm glad I'm not the only one who misreads words. I get a few words down the line and think... wha...??? Now this would be a good funeral song, especially the "Life's a piece of shit, when you look at it..." but that's just because today was a "post town" day and those are always "shi**ie" days.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely -- we need Decorating Engineers! Would they be anything like Interior Decorators?
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