That's quite an alarming thought as I'm sure you will agree if you read his blog ...
Anyway, Joe's latest post is about quirks.
Joe has quirks but he prefers not to discuss them. I have quirks I expect and I've no idea if you are aware of them because I see (almost) everything I do as perfectly normal - you may beg to differ ...
Joe and I have something in common - we KNOW people with quirks!
So Joe's post today reminded me of something I wrote a while ago and I thought I'd share it with you again today so here it is:
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Have I ever told you how borganized SD is?
Possibly not - I mean, I might have made the odd comment now and then.
I might have ALLUDED to it.
I may even have grumbled or even JOKED about it on occasions but now I'm calling it.
SD, you are REALLY bloody BORGANIZED and it's driving me INSANE - seriously - completely nuts, round the bend, off to lala land, BATFECKINGSHITCRAZY!!!
God, you have NO idea how much better I feel having got that out in the open ...
It's like a huge weight has been lifted and I feel free at last!
Now, some of you will know EXACTLY what I'm talking about whilst others (probably others who indulge in a little borganization) will have NO idea so I shall explain.
IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE (or your sanity)!
Borganized is my new adjective.
I don't see why I shouldn't invent a word, I mean, EVERYONE'S at it these days aren't they? Even Farmers are getting in on the act, have you seen this?
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| Behold the Felfie! |
Anyway, so, back to Borganised (you may have noticed that sometimes I will spell borganized with a z and sometimes with an s - this is a classic definition of a person who is totally UNborganized).
You can recognise a Borganised person by the following (please note - not all Borganised people will display all borgan tendencies):
A Borganised person will write lists - sometimes they will write multiple lists and cross reference them.
A Borganised person owns several pens of different colours all of which work and have colour corresponding lids which are not chewed.
A Borganised person will run 12 books at Bingo (SD does not fall into this category and refuses to play Bingo) whilst simultaneously playing a hand of whist and knitting a pair of booties.
A Borganised person will ask you suspiciously what you have been looking for should you accidentally move something on their beside table by 3mm when you were
A Borganised person is appropriately dressed for every occasion and will make suggestions as to how you too could be appropriately dressed - To this end a Borganised person will at all times carry spare gloves, a variety of hats, steel toe capped boots AND orange overalls - a Borganised person may (at times) insist rather forcefully that you don said items! If you refuse, a Borganised person will raise one eyebrow and smirk unbecomingly when you sink into 12" of cow shit whilst wearing flip flops (Also known as thongs in certain parts of the world whereas in England a thong is a whole other thing (or not exactly a whole ANYTHING as SD often points out with some confusion when I refer to some items in my drawer as underwear ...).
A Borganised person is often (and infuriatingly) RIGHT!
So there you have it, the definition of a
Funnily enough SD wasn't QUITE as impressed with my new word as I was, mostly I think because he thought people might think it meant Boring and Organised - let me tell you - Life is NEVER fricken BORING with a Borgan!!
There are however some downsides to spending extended periods of time with a Borganised person and in my experience these are just some of them:
A borganised person will write lists FOR you - sometimes multiple lists that they will expect you to cross reference. They will not recognise the complete futility of doing this and no matter how many times you lose, eat, doodle on or turn them into hats, they WILL persist!
They will show some confusion when confronted with used tissues, old till receipts, sweet wrappers and loose change (loose change belongs in the loose change jar ... snort!!!) that litter the counter at the post office when you upend your bag in search of a pen.
They will look at you sideways as you struggle with your paltry 6 books at bingo, shout SNAP every time a card is laid no matter what game is being played and knit your never ending scarf because you can neither knit around corners or cast off.
They do not understand hormones or the need to feed them chocolate at regular intervals. Equally, they have never needed to dust their iron before use and they probably own a variety of scrubbing brushes each with a different purpose (possibly they may offer to buy you your OWN scrubbing brush at some point).
They will never understand your preference for wading barefoot through cow shit rather than wearing rigger boots and a bloody orange onesie!
A borganised person can also pose long term risks to your mental health.
Seriously - I'm not kidding!
For instance - I can't remember ANYTHING any more - the reason being those bloody lists!!
If I remember I'll write SD a memo pointing that out.
List completely negate the need to remember ANYTHING - if it's not on the list then it doesn't exist - if I lose the list then I don't have to do anything ... I ALWAYS lose the list and then I'm buggered.
SD will be completely responsible for my descent into madness and it will serve him right!
I'm already more than half way there (and, to be fair, possibly was BEFORE SD was on the scene) so, to avoid any further confusion (mine and yours) I have decided that in future all communication shall be though the medium of interpretive dance.
Oh, and yes, the irony of my writing this in list form does not escape me - he's bloody Borganised me hasn't he!!
4 comments:
My quirkster writes lists, but no one can read them.
I would like to see Joe H and his missus doing interpretive dance to communicate with each other! I'm trying to imagine what the movement for JERK might be.
I know Joe, I think on my original post I might have said something about Mrs C writing her lists in interpretive dance!
I think we'd ALL like to see that one Val. perhaps Joe could do a vlog?
Sorry can't stop, go to write out a few lists of what I'm doing next week!! Loved Miss Mac's early writings :-)
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