May7

handsy.

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  in a meeting with a group organizing a series of upcoming events

I was casually chatting with a friend sitting next to me

my hands were part of our conversation

as is my habit

(being half Italian after all)

 the leader called on me

thinking I had raised my hand

to volunteer for something

(no idea what it was)

so i quickly blurted out:

” sorry, I was talking and tend to talk with my hands,

but I don’t want to actually volunteer for that, am I in trouble?”

which got a good laugh, as they are all quite good-spirited

(sudden flashback to my student days, not sure why I blurted that out?)

he took mercy on me and let me off the hook but it was a bit awkward.

I pictured myself accidentally volunteering

to be sent to the moon or enlisted in the army or?

‘i often find myself in situations where it seems to me

like everyone else has read the instruction book.’

-jeff lindsay

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photo credit warner brothers, private benjamin 1980, goldie hawn

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  4. beth, you’re telling the story of my life! incidentally, HH is NOT speaking with his hands but he has extremely uncontrolled arm- and hands-movements, so i’m constantly also moving things out of his reach as well as trying not to throw up my hands….. we both should live in Italy!

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  7. Keep your hands by your side. Keep your thoughts deep inside. Others will think you are just tongue tied. Your foolishness to them will then be denied. Of course that’s up to you to decide.

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  11. One of the people in the comments beat me to it – good thing you weren’t at an auction!

    There’s always a well-intentioned chatty one with hands in every crowd. Good thing you were in a good natured and humoured group. 😊

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  23. Oh my goodness Beth. I laughed so hard at this. I just picturing the scene.
    I was in a interface with management at work today and after I spoke I kept asking myself “was that too handsy?” 😂😂😂

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    • you never know where you’ll end up, what you’ll be doing, or what you’ll be taking home. I have to learn to sit on my hands, but it’s a slow learning curve for me in this area.

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