Monday, November 17, 2008

interpreting Txt can b confusing

so i just got text-messaging on my phone. i know, welcome to this century... thanks!

anyway, my first cellphone had texting but it was one of those brick phones and i would keep it in my back pocket, it would become unlocked and text the 1st person in the contact list. repeatedly. with nothing in the message. this was a daily occurence, i tried shuffling my contact list and short of keeping my phone in a different place, i cancelled the service. 4 years later, i am realizing that i am out of the texting loop and text interpretation isnt nearly as simple as i thought it was... case in point: i went to pick my buddy up at his house to go play cards. i was dropping off some dvds that i had borrowed, so i went inside rather than honking the horn, said hello to the dogs and talked to his wife for a bit. (shes also a buddy and 1 im not worried about offending) my buddy and i get in the truck, head down the road and then i have the following text exchange with my buddy's wife...

i receive: wah! (making fun term for when someone is whining)
i reply: get f-ed (a rude retort) figured that was the end of it and then,

i received: what time you coming over?

i found this text very strange, especially since i just seen her and was driving away from their house with my buddy. maybe she had sent this before i got to their house and there was a delay from the server or something...

so i replied: huh?

turns out it was just a perfect setup for lots of different jokes and i was oblivious. i have never been good at picking up on hints, need to have some things laid out in blunt detail and now its even worse... i am Way behind the times and have yet to figure out the sarcasm that the text message holds.
i was still waiting on a clarifying text for the next 5 minutes until my buddy pointed out what was going on...

cant believe i let this 1 get by me.

~Life is Short, Get into it~

7 comments:

Scratch Head said...

Love where your heads back at on the last 2 entries! One thing I must point out though.... The fact you did not get your buddy's wife's joke had nothing to do with it being a text. I would say that has to do with you being an idiot! Yes, it is hard to read sarcasm in texts, etc... this was a simple joke that went so far over your head that a certain Mr. McGloughlin would be strongly considering suicide if he knew how much of an idiot his son-in-law really is!

Scratch Head said...

I voted maybe on your pole but for a different reason. Really need to re-think your poll options. "Should you be trolling....." - maybe - but be aware that much like picking someone up at a wedding that someone may be leaning towards having a baby (or getting married, etc..). If you are ok with that, then go for it. If not, stay away. If you don't care cause you are just going to Slay her and never call, in the words of a great man, GET INTO IT!

Also - my last word varification was "creepu". Pretty funny!

the Deck said...

re:1st comment
~Scratch, strong words from a simple mind~

Anonymous said...

Scratch~ It is McLaughlin, I dont think Mr. McGlothlin would "gaf"

Scratch Head said...

DILLIGAF that I can't spell Meredith! Why don't you stop hiding behind your Anonymous postings and get an account! Pussy!

The Great Pyramid said...

Ok finnie, so since you are not good at picking up hints... let me spell it out for you!
Fat Jokes never get old... only your wife does! Ayhoooo....
Seriously though... pretty sure you are not limited to just reading and understanding text messages. Remember that time you the guy put those kneepads on you and then proceeded you whip out his penis... obvoiusly you didn't get the hint there either until he spelled it out for you and put the thing in your mouth! I would not say that is a problem picking up hints.. I would say that is borderline retarded!
Love ya Buddy!!!
Peace...

the Deck said...

to the ok triangle:

you sir, should consider talking to a therapist about this need to constantly Jungian comment(all the people in your comment refer to you somehow...) about how you want to fellate you or whatever it is you are talking about.
also, stop drooling when you are thinking about me... what a Creep u r!!

now, dont ruin commenting for the rest by littering this site with your garabage...

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