Comments on: The Downside Of Knowing Where The Glass Sits http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/09/the-downside-of-knowing-where-the-glass-sits/ Scattered values and the chance of philosophy. May contain funny. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:37:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/09/the-downside-of-knowing-where-the-glass-sits/#comment-125518 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:54:47 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/09/the-downside-of-knowing-where-the-glass-sits/#comment-125518 Thanks Clare - it's nice to know you're reading the archives. All the best. Thanks Clare - it’s nice to know you’re reading the archives. All the best.

]]> by: clare http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/09/the-downside-of-knowing-where-the-glass-sits/#comment-125294 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:16:59 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/09/the-downside-of-knowing-where-the-glass-sits/#comment-125294 I've been having fun following a chain of random This is This links at the bottom of your posts. And I arrived at this one, which I particularly like. Sometimes I become suddenly aware of the fact that I know exactly how wide my car is and where its edges are, and whether or not I'm going to hit the cars at the side of the road. And then I get freaked out and bump into stuff. Well OK then, I don't. But I feel like I will. I’ve been having fun following a chain of random This is This links at the bottom of your posts.

And I arrived at this one, which I particularly like.

Sometimes I become suddenly aware of the fact that I know exactly how wide my car is and where its edges are, and whether or not I’m going to hit the cars at the side of the road. And then I get freaked out and bump into stuff.

Well OK then, I don’t. But I feel like I will.

]]> by: cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/09/the-downside-of-knowing-where-the-glass-sits/#comment-1085 Sat, 17 Jun 2006 10:41:14 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/09/the-downside-of-knowing-where-the-glass-sits/#comment-1085 Thanks Steve. That's a compliment coming from a designer. You weren't driving when you wrote this, I hope. Thanks Steve. That’s a compliment coming from a designer. You weren’t driving when you wrote this, I hope.

]]> by: Steve http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/09/the-downside-of-knowing-where-the-glass-sits/#comment-1058 Mon, 12 Jun 2006 23:14:05 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/09/the-downside-of-knowing-where-the-glass-sits/#comment-1058 Cliff you have that male brain-bit wot I don't which sits in there and gives you exact information about how wide your car is. I've been driving 3 years right (sorry, am drunk, this'll be a ramble I can feel it) and I still have this thing where I look at a space and go 'yeah, that's doable, my car is a bouncy castle shaped like a puegeot 306, and it'll all be fine, just whack that parked family of 4 and make them cry, go on Steve it'll be a laugh'. It is costing me loads in cash and self esteem. I mean, what do they make bumpers out of nowadays? You might as well strap a fucking baby to the front of your car. They are meant to BUMP, surely? Anyway, the parking/life analogy is a good one. I think parking is a rehearsal for a decorous death - putting yourself out of the way, not obstructing those around you who want to get a move on in life. People who park badly - nobody'll go to their funeral. Life is all about knowing your width. Yes. Erm. Nice new look by the way. Cliff you have that male brain-bit wot I don’t which sits in there and gives you exact information about how wide your car is. I’ve been driving 3 years right (sorry, am drunk, this’ll be a ramble I can feel it) and I still have this thing where I look at a space and go ‘yeah, that’s doable, my car is a bouncy castle shaped like a puegeot 306, and it’ll all be fine, just whack that parked family of 4 and make them cry, go on Steve it’ll be a laugh’. It is costing me loads in cash and self esteem. I mean, what do they make bumpers out of nowadays? You might as well strap a fucking baby to the front of your car. They are meant to BUMP, surely?

Anyway, the parking/life analogy is a good one. I think parking is a rehearsal for a decorous death - putting yourself out of the way, not obstructing those around you who want to get a move on in life. People who park badly - nobody’ll go to their funeral. Life is all about knowing your width. Yes.

Erm. Nice new look by the way.

]]> by: Razzamatazz http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/09/the-downside-of-knowing-where-the-glass-sits/#comment-1054 Sat, 10 Jun 2006 19:48:14 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/09/the-downside-of-knowing-where-the-glass-sits/#comment-1054 This is bullshit. My wife has been driving for forty years and she what size car parking space she can get into. This is bullshit. My wife has been driving for forty years and she what size car parking space she can get into.

]]> by: Ed R http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/09/the-downside-of-knowing-where-the-glass-sits/#comment-1053 Fri, 09 Jun 2006 23:02:37 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/09/the-downside-of-knowing-where-the-glass-sits/#comment-1053 Yeah but you don't fill half the room and look mean. Yeah but you don’t fill half the room and look mean.

]]> by: cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/09/the-downside-of-knowing-where-the-glass-sits/#comment-1052 Fri, 09 Jun 2006 22:05:57 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/09/the-downside-of-knowing-where-the-glass-sits/#comment-1052 Maybe it's just me then. But I am pretty poor at eye contact. Maybe it’s just me then. But I am pretty poor at eye contact.

]]> by: Ed R http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/09/the-downside-of-knowing-where-the-glass-sits/#comment-1051 Fri, 09 Jun 2006 20:05:44 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/09/the-downside-of-knowing-where-the-glass-sits/#comment-1051 I make eye contact, but I am an intimidating presence and so I try to judge how muc to make. People don't like being intimidated. I make eye contact, but I am an intimidating presence and so I try to judge how muc to make. People don’t like being intimidated.

]]> by: _-suz-_ http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/09/the-downside-of-knowing-where-the-glass-sits/#comment-1050 Fri, 09 Jun 2006 20:01:01 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/09/the-downside-of-knowing-where-the-glass-sits/#comment-1050 I was beginning to like that state of 'being' for a moment. I can't do the glass thing. I managed to break the bottom of the glass by clanging it against the other glass which then had shards of glass in it *sigh* I was beginning to like that state of ‘being’ for a moment.

I can’t do the glass thing. I managed to break the bottom of the glass by clanging it against the other glass which then had shards of glass in it *sigh*

]]> by: PatPast Imperfect http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/09/the-downside-of-knowing-where-the-glass-sits/#comment-1049 Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:39:30 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/09/the-downside-of-knowing-where-the-glass-sits/#comment-1049 Are you the sort of person who never looks at the person they are talking to? So unnerving! Are you the sort of person who never looks at the person they are talking to? So unnerving!

]]> by: Ed R http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/09/the-downside-of-knowing-where-the-glass-sits/#comment-1048 Fri, 09 Jun 2006 13:49:39 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/06/09/the-downside-of-knowing-where-the-glass-sits/#comment-1048 I've never been able to do that sort of thing without looking. And I can't parkl well to save my life;) I’ve never been able to do that sort of thing without looking.
And I can’t parkl well to save my life;)

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