tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post9153936643812355804..comments2024-03-11T16:14:49.158-07:00Comments on Don't pet me, I'm writing: On being too stupid to liveTAWNA FENSKEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468819219529035563noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-30292650470971930022012-02-13T21:17:15.501-08:002012-02-13T21:17:15.501-08:00I think my worst TSTL moment was when I had a horr...I think my worst TSTL moment was when I had a horrible cold and got tired of the thumping, queasy sinus headache that nearly split my skull every time I coughed. So I resorted to the it's never-a-good-idea-to-use-it-but-only-this-once Afrin nose spray. Only I couldn't sit up without wanting to die. So I used it lying down. But it doesn't work the same when you're lying down. I nearly drown myself while my husband laughed hysterically. Yeah, he keeps me around for entertainment value.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-17986480576124809112012-02-13T19:57:54.917-08:002012-02-13T19:57:54.917-08:00More times than I care to count I've left the ...More times than I care to count I've left the mayhem of FPLM in Suite 500, gotten on the elevator, punched 5, and waited. And waited. And waited.Janet Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-65436127391493956902012-02-13T19:48:58.552-08:002012-02-13T19:48:58.552-08:00How funny! I was going to post about a TSTL situat...How funny! I was going to post about a TSTL situation on my blog today. If anyone is bored, I invite you to check it out later tonight :) <br /><br />http://writermeetslife.blogspot.com/ <br /><br />I'm also doing an insane writing project :DMichelle G. Pereirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16265137936350289579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-34837886320832309692012-02-13T17:12:26.278-08:002012-02-13T17:12:26.278-08:00Malin, bwahahahaha! Now I kind of want to learn Sw...Malin, bwahahahaha! Now I kind of want to learn Swedish. That sounds like my kind of language!<br /><br />Sarah W, I sooooo wish you'd gotten video of that. Classic!<br /><br />Christi, hypocrites unite! At least we're generally aware of when we're being dumb, right?<br /><br />Nan, you know, I've gotta admit, I'd probably make the same mistake :)<br /><br />Patty, I know this makes me TSTL, but I don't get it. I've never bought frozen broccoli before. Where was the cheese sauce? Explain veeeeerrrrrry slowly for the TSTL members of the audience!<br /><br />Anne, I totally thought you were heading the "genital" direction with that one!<br /><br />Therese, oh, that would definitely annoy the crap out of me!<br /><br />D.B., ha! That's hilarious! My parents have a story about receiving a bottle of champagne as a wedding gift. They opened it up to taste it, decided it was gross, and tried to re-cap it so they could stuff it in a suitcase and take it home. It exploded EVERYWHERE.<br /><br />Karen, hahahahahaha! You are indeed lucky you didn't shatter that thing!<br /><br />Christina, I have lots of words I know how to read, but realize when I open my mouth I'm not entirely sure how to pronounce them. Awkward.<br /><br />Joe/Jenna, wait, this was all an intentional "mistake" meant to play along with the TSTL theme, right!?!<br /><br />KD, the things I miss by not watching TV! And now I want a tuna sandwich :)<br /><br />Gracielou, I know what you mean! My housemate watches a lot of war movies and I'm always amazed at the good guys who walk away unscathed from a hail of gunfire.<br /><br />Laina, :)<br /><br />Skye, oh dear! You're lucky you survived! Wonder if that guy still tells the story?<br /><br />Thanks for reading, guys! Love the stories!<br /><br />TawnaTAWNA FENSKEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468819219529035563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-76747504518656122492012-02-13T16:08:00.625-08:002012-02-13T16:08:00.625-08:00In college, I was at a friend's house for a pa...In college, I was at a friend's house for a party. It got late so I took my contact lenses out but then discovered I'd left my glasses at home. No problem: we'd find someone to drive me home. So we intelligently waited until there's just me and one guy left. He didn't drive a stick shift, which my car was. He and I were both still quite tipsy, as were our hosts. It was foggy and cold outside. What did we come up with?<br /><br />I drove. I had my window open so I could look out and see the lines next to my car (I had VERY poor vision). The guy was the lookout for other cars and for cops.<br /><br />Luckily, we only had about 5-7 miles to go and we both lived in the dorms. I never set eyes on him again. But we lived!Skyehttp://thingsintheskye.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-12665894463832552502012-02-13T13:43:39.337-08:002012-02-13T13:43:39.337-08:00Uh. Yeah. Pass.
Just pass.
To be fair, most of ...Uh. Yeah. Pass.<br /><br />Just pass. <br /><br />To be fair, most of mine happen on days when I wake up at 5am... but serious pass XDLainahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00134705793566699951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-71601789580945118212012-02-13T11:53:10.905-08:002012-02-13T11:53:10.905-08:00A tstl moment... I know I've had tons of them ...A tstl moment... I know I've had tons of them but for some reason I can't seem to think of any of them. Maybe I have that ability to block out all memories of my tstl moments. <br /><br />However, I can't stand to read a Hero or Heroine story where they are clueless 90% of the time or where everything seems to fall in their laps. I mean I have seen stories where the hero takes on 25 people and doesn't get a scratch on him. Even Chuck Norris got scratches and punched during fights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-8496829844016925862012-02-13T10:11:09.751-08:002012-02-13T10:11:09.751-08:00I was a teenager before I got the starkist tuna co...I was a teenager before I got the starkist tuna commercials. You know the one, Starkist doesn't want tuna with good taste, they want tuna that tastes good.<br /><br />Yeah, that one. The day it finally clicked for me I leapt from my chair and shouted "I get it!" The rest of the family just stared at me in stunned silence. Then I slunk off to my room to read. Maybe that's why I don't like television much.Kadi Easleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08567815525192651318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-87679526557049782002012-02-13T09:45:55.982-08:002012-02-13T09:45:55.982-08:00Wow, I really do have so many TSTL moments, but on...Wow, I really do have so many TSTL moments, but one stands out because I was a radio DJ at the time and they actually created a "Dumber than Jenna" game because of it. <br /><br />The condensed version: <br /><br />I was on a girls' weekend and my wallet got stolen. My BFF lent me her credit card to get home. I stopped to get gas, ran inside to pee, came out and drove away. WITH THE NOZZLE STILL IN MY CAR. It snapped off and I was dragging the whole hose part behind me. I was terrified if I went back they'd want me to pay for the damage (and recall, I had no money, no ID, nothing but my friend's credit card) so I jumped out, ripped the hose out, jumped back in and kept driving. Not my finest moment for sure. But we got "Dumber than Jenna" out of it, so at least there's that. <br /><br />Do I win? :)Joe Coitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18434810290477982252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-74226085223041307732012-02-13T09:42:39.122-08:002012-02-13T09:42:39.122-08:00English is my second language, but I read 7 to 14 ...English is my second language, but I read 7 to 14 English novels a week during high school. <br /><br />Which does not sound like a problem. Only I knew exactly how to use a lot of words that I had no idea how to pronounce. My mind wanted to use the words, but my mouth was not willing.I would run into something like condescend in the middle of a sentence and stammer to a stop, with no clue how to get around it.<br /><br />I only actually used English in English class, but there were still quite a few rather horrifying moments. I once read 'shoot the pheasants' out load as 'shoot the peasants', amongst other things.Christina Aurethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05717036758785519912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-47225491075862221062012-02-13T09:40:38.997-08:002012-02-13T09:40:38.997-08:00Hahaha, great idea for a post! I'll have to st...Hahaha, great idea for a post! I'll have to steal this one from you, especially since I have more TSTL moments than fingers on both hands.<br /><br />The first one that comes to mind is when I'd just moved from Hawaii to Colorado to attend art school. I walked outside my apartment to warm up my car and saw all this frosty stuff covering my windshield. WTF? How was I supposed to drive without being able to see out the window? I heard loud scraping sounds all around me and noticed my neighbors digging at the frosty stuff on their cars with flat plastic thingies.<br /><br />Well, I thought, that looked like too much work and I was in a hurry to get to school. I knew a better way. So i went inside and filled a bucket with hot water, came back out to my car and emptied it over my frozen windshield. Worked like a charm. I was SO proud of myself.<br /><br />It wasn't until later that someone told me I was lucky my windshield hadn't cracked. I think the Hawaiian gods were looking out for the ignorant winter newbie that I was.<br /><br />Also, a note of advice. If you go outside and the driveway is shiny, don't run. Just sayin'.Karen Duvallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01839711547501582977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-85574299041767759532012-02-13T09:25:13.637-08:002012-02-13T09:25:13.637-08:00I have one for Valentine's Day. It was our fi...I have one for Valentine's Day. It was our first wedding anniversary, so my husband and I booked a room at a quaint bed and breakfast. The room came with a bottle of wine and pastries for breakfast. We looked in the refrigerator and saw a ceramic dish filled with some strange mixture that looked like eggs and cheese. We decided it must be an omelet. We microwaved it to heat it up, and when we pulled it out several minutes later, it had turned into a greasy, soupy blob that smelled horrible. Turns out, it was a cheese spread meant to be spread cold over crackers--not microwaved. We hid the evidence and cleaned the dish so that the owners wouldn't know we'd desecrated their appetizer. Are there any rules for when the hero and heroine combine their brain power and still come out TSTL? I'm afraid that's what this story demonstrates...D.B. Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16343535738566755079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-88612741717190249582012-02-13T08:18:35.659-08:002012-02-13T08:18:35.659-08:00I make lots of OBO & EVOO mistakes but am smar...I make lots of OBO & EVOO mistakes but am smart enough to keep living.<br /><br />The TSTL character I just read about in a book was introduced as recovering from a drunken stupor and spent the rest of the book determined to live up to a dare made while drunk. Which meant all sober choices were really stupid.therese patrick, authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14624202282411832436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-3334281064746435962012-02-13T06:28:41.586-08:002012-02-13T06:28:41.586-08:00I love your OBO mistake. I'm still giggling.
...I love your OBO mistake. I'm still giggling. <br /><br />I just finished a story and handed it off to my crit partner. Thankfully, she caught my mistake before it went to publish.<br /><br />I had written a line about sitting in "gentile" parlours. She pointed out what I meant to say was "genteel" parlours as she didn't think my characters were of the Jewish persuasion.Anne Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816355522284492131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-7824357669685703432012-02-13T06:22:58.805-08:002012-02-13T06:22:58.805-08:00When I was a bride, I made frozen vegetables for d...When I was a bride, I made frozen vegetables for dinner one night - broccoli with cheese sauce. I opened the box, found a bag inside. The directions said to boil the bag in a pot of water. I did so and kept wondering where the cheese sauce was. <br /><br />It finally occurred to me that the lumps of yellow stuff must be the cheese sauce in a concentrated form. So I cut open the bag and dumped the contents into the boiling water, stirring often, waiting for the cheese to turn into sauce. <br /><br />My husband walked into the kitchen a short time later and doubled over, laughing.Patty Blounthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11928111057602279792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-8203139133621636952012-02-13T05:39:48.972-08:002012-02-13T05:39:48.972-08:00I once went into a Jewish deli here in my town and...I once went into a Jewish deli here in my town and ordered a ham salad sandwich. They gave me an odd look and said, "We don't have ham salad." So I said, "Oh, okay, how about a ham and swiss on rye then?" "Nope, can't do that either," the guy behind the counter replied. "How about a corned beef on rye?" I'd never had corned beef, so I figured what the heck? I'll try something new, so I had a corned beef on rye. It wasn't until I told a friend about the incident that she just shook her head and gave me one of those, "You're TSTL looks," and said. "Um...Jewish people don't eat pork." Believe it or not, I still didn't get it until she said, "Ham is pork." Yep--TSTL...Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08809913527142033733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-28791131357837035042012-02-13T05:35:07.761-08:002012-02-13T05:35:07.761-08:00I tried to think of a TSTL moment for myself, but ...I tried to think of a TSTL moment for myself, but there's too many to choose from. But I loathe the behavior in movies and books. I guess that makes me a hypocrite ;-)Christi Goddardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08590491851753709622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-65474136592349464082012-02-13T04:11:54.843-08:002012-02-13T04:11:54.843-08:00Two days ago, I was in the grocery store parking l...Two days ago, I was in the grocery store parking lot about to load my groceries when some yahoo stopped his car behind me and said, "Damn liberals. You people make me sick. Why don't you go park in the special liberal lot away from the rest of us real Americans?" <br /><br /><br />I looked at the sticker in my back window, smiled at him and said, "Sir, LIB stands for library."<br /><br />His wife hit him and called him all kinds of idiot and he peeled away.<br /><br />This guy who'd been watching from the next car over stomped out his cigarette and said, "Crap. Now I've got to switch parties."Sarah Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13265589529909793312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-8667356862656877862012-02-13T03:49:57.437-08:002012-02-13T03:49:57.437-08:00Some of my own TSTL moments are best related in Sw...Some of my own TSTL moments are best related in Swedish... Both of them include meat. 1) "beef" is mysteriously called "nut meat" in Swedish. 2) a really thin, pounded sliver of meat is called "leaf steak".<br /><br />For years I wondered why my vegetarian sister couldn't eat those things. Because, you know, obviously they were made of nuts and leaves.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14869145555938203736noreply@blogger.com