"...about as screwed up as a soup sandwich"
Wild as a March hare.
Dumb as a box of rocks.
People in hell want ice water.
"Ain't worth a hill in a row of beans." (from my grandmother)
.... or sack of hammers.
Nate The Surveyor, post: 414831, member: 291 wrote: Dumb as a box of rocks.
..... Or a sack of hammers.
More messed up than Hogan's goat.
Which always led me to ask myself who in the heck is Hogan and how did his poor goat get so messed up ..,, and do I really want to know.
Little research using the urban dictionary led me to:
In 1855 a European goat farmer by the name of Hoek Hogan raised a particularly disgusting goat. This goat quickly became famous for being the most horrific smelling and ugly creature to wander the fields. It is legend that his scent could be detected from over a kilometer away (.6217 miles).
Not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Like a goose on a June Bug.
Like white on rice.
Like a fish out of water.
Like a rowboat, in a canoe race.
An old acquaintance explaining why he left a job with a dirt contractor: "Ignorance is amongst 'em"
"Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets." - Yogi Berra
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Williwaw, post: 413912, member: 7066 wrote: Have you ever stopped to wonder why it is that you have two ears and two eyes but only one mouth?
I would have said yes, I have. It's because you need two ears to determine the origin of sounds, and two eyes for proper 3D and depth perception.
Never play cards with a man named Jack, never eat at a place called Ma's, stay out of the south and remember that Los Angeles is part of the South.
twdotson, post: 414882, member: 8059 wrote: I would have said yes, I have. It's because you need two ears to determine the origin of sounds, and two eyes for proper 3D and depth perception.
Well that certainly makes sense to me. The only other anatomical feature on the male species that is questionable to me is why do males have nipples?
paden cash, post: 414828, member: 20 wrote: "...about as screwed up as a soup sandwich"
twdotson, post: 414882, member: 8059 wrote: I would have said yes, I have. It's because you need two ears to determine the origin of sounds, and two eyes for proper 3D and depth perception.
Let me elaborate a little on this little epiphany that occurred to me, beyond the obvious you point out. At the time I was a struggling salesman just barely into my twenties. I want to say I was a successful salesman but at the time the reality was far from it and I was struggling mightily and on the verge of admitting defeat. I'd been working at a brokerage and through nothing but pure cockiness decided to go commission only and try and make it as a closer. I was beating my head against a wall and it hurt, a lot. I worked over a month of ten hour days with nothing to show for it but rejection. What that gentleman did was point out to me where I was going wrong. I wasn't listening. I was too busy talking 'at' people to really break through their defenses. Taking what he'd said to heart I began to at least try to really listen to what people were saying and observe their body language and other subtle clues. I soon discovered that if I focused on really listening and observing, people would tell me exactly how to close them on a deal. Soon after I became very successful and did very well for a number of years. I left that line of work a long time ago, but that lesson learned has served me well in every endeavor since. Too many are too preoccupied with their own thoughts to really listen and observe.
Here's another few saying that stuck with me.
The mind is like a parachute, it needs to open to work.
Most people don't plan to fail, they fail to plan.
The bears make money, the bulls make money and the hogs go to slaughter.
Cheers!
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Williwaw, post: 414904, member: 7066 wrote: ..What that gentleman did was point out to me where I was going wrong. I wasn't listening. I was too busy talking 'at' people to really break through their defenses...
There are definitely a lot of people out there that are good at talking. But as you pointed out; too few are good at listening.
I love to listen to people because we are all so damned funny...really. And listening to people will give you some insight on where they're coming from and it will relax them. After that a real conversation might have a chance to occur.
Not too long ago I got a phone call from a very nervous (and probably newly licensed) surveyor. He was trying his best to let me know he had found a pin of mine that he couldn't get to fit his stuff. I could tell he had "thought out" his spiel before calling. I just let him ramble until he found the last period. After he stopped all I said was, "I'm disappointed".
He came back with an "excuse me?"...Then I told him I was hoping at least once in my career someone would call me and tell me my pins fit something instead of NOT fitting...and then I laughed. It seemed to relax him and our conversation left from there to a happy and productive end.
Communication is almost a dead art.
Holy Cow, post: 414843, member: 50 wrote: Not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
A few fries short of a happy meal.
Not playing with a full deck.
paden cash, post: 414923, member: 20 wrote: Communication is almost a dead art.
I agree; "verbal" communication is all but dead...
Now, if that young fella had of sent you a text; it probably wouldn't of bothered you one bit.
😉
