slampoet
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Post by slampoet on Nov 22, 2015 16:59:26 GMT -5
i've had a lot of different questions/comments made about me/my disability. mostly by little kids who are just curios cause theyve never seen anything like my condition. I always chuckle at the parents who rush their kids away, as if asking quetions would offend me... Then there are the adults that ask, and whats funny is the adults have less tact then the children would. I guess i take words more leniently from kids as they are more innocent... newer to the world... some tactless questions i've had from different adults: "What the hell is wrong with you " was a funny one. I still explained my condition, but was chuckling at this persons stupiditity afterwards. Another one that was when i was little younger so it was more upsetting was : "Why aren't you institutionalized" and then the guy starts talking that I am a burden on my family , btw i had never met the guy. He was a friend of my cousin. My cousin being the good guy that he is kicked the guy out. Some questions i've had from kids have been a little more humerous. One in paticular was when a child compared me to a giraffe. I assume the comparision had to do with giraffes having 4 legs , and two crutches act as to extra legs for me  lol |
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napoleon
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Post by napoleon on Nov 24, 2015 10:01:15 GMT -5
Lol, so many reactions! Everything from "they let you out of the house then?" to "Oh my God, I'm so inspired!" It just blows peoples' socks off for some reason that I'm a blind guy who leaves the house, has a job and actually...does stuff.
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Post by jalapeno on Nov 24, 2015 10:58:21 GMT -5
OMG. You both do things on your own and go outside???
You guys are so inspiring! May the lordeth blesseth you brave souls.
Now, let us pray.
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gentlegiant
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Post by gentlegiant on Nov 24, 2015 11:31:08 GMT -5
... as a leg amputee, being asked "Do you like flamingos?"
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Post by Hopper on Nov 24, 2015 11:44:40 GMT -5
... as a leg amputee, being asked "Do you like flamingos?" One day, you should reply "Yes, I dress up as one each weekend to pull birds!" Well, stupid questions get stupid answers. I remember being warned by the Police on a night out because they thought I'd had too much to drink. I was actually the soberest one in the group of us! C.P and Alcohol don't really mix though anyway, just a warning. |
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Post by LaMara on Nov 24, 2015 12:49:18 GMT -5
... as a leg amputee, being asked "Do you like flamingos?" Get a pink suit and own Hallowe'en!!!  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2015 15:41:24 GMT -5
"Slow down, there's a speed limit here!"
"Someday, [if you pray hard enough] you'll walk with Jesus..."
...You figure it out when they're innocent, and when they're just stupid.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2015 15:47:46 GMT -5
I don't know which one of you guys to tag! Are you all serious?
Between drunk and giraffes and flamingos ..I don't even know where to start.
Are people really that dumb??
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Post by butterfly on Nov 24, 2015 16:14:23 GMT -5
I don't know which one of you guys to tag! Are you all serious? Between drunk and giraffes and flamingos ..I don't even know where to start. Are people really that dumb?? Some of them! But then again, I've been called a giraffe, and been known to refer to myself as such on occasion, because of my long legs and height - I can look a newborn giraffe straight in the eye lol. So I guess it's all a matter of perspective. As we all are aware, ignorance abounds.... |
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Post by wheelsfordays on Nov 24, 2015 16:16:45 GMT -5
I lost count of how many times I've been called a "Gift from God". All from people I've never met. I will say there was a nice one once. A woman used me as an inspiration to lose 100 pounds and enter a marathon. That one was cool.
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Post by Kiran on Nov 24, 2015 16:27:04 GMT -5
I strongly disagree!!! Alcohool fits perfectly to me!  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2015 19:08:29 GMT -5
"you're such an inspiration"
"If Anthony can do it with a smile, then I can"
"You're so funny!!!"
"God has a reason for everything"
"Can you have sex?"
"What's that in your neck for'"
You know what I am? I'm a disabled guy who didn't choose this lifestyle nor ask for it, but it is what it is and I try making the most out of it. If that's inspirational, then kudos
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Post by greeneyedvillan on Nov 25, 2015 6:20:52 GMT -5
Are people really that dumb?? Yes. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2015 7:23:14 GMT -5
Are people really that dumb?? Yes. What he said I actually had a dream last night that my ex broke things off with me for others because "I'll never be able to help you walk" WTF. Thank Ghandi for dreams, nightmares, whatever |
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slampoet
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Post by slampoet on Dec 27, 2015 20:47:51 GMT -5
oh what really annoys me is when i slip and fall... and people tel me to take my time. fallings just a part of a disability and it's not like im ever rushing seriously to get anywhere
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lol
