thinking
Do you have thoughts that appear in certain situations? I have a couple that really annoy me and I just wish they would go away.
The first happens almost everyday when I get up in the morning and fill the kettle while wearing a dressing gown with long sleeves. I think of my Auntie Penny who once said she always dips her dressing gown sleeves in the sink water by accident and they get dirty. She probably said that to me about 10 years ago BUT IT GOES THROUGH MY HEAD EVERYDAY.
The second happens whenever I travel into Bath. I think of this bloke who lived in Cirencester and particularly his mother’s house. We once had a conversation
him I think my mum is going to sell her house
me Where does she live?
him Bath
me Where abouts?
him You know the hill when you come into Bath?
me Yes
her Her house is there
me cool
I was just making conversation so how was I to know that I was going to think about that for the next 6 years? I travel into Bath by bus, train and bike and all from different angles and everytime I look for Al’s mums house on a hill. It annoys me that Bath is in a dip and therefore surrounded by hills, but annoys me more that he didn’t offer any more detail and that I didn’t ask to see it on a map.
June 1st, 2004 at 10:23 am
Claire went on a day trip and I thought of you and Tom
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June 1st, 2004 at 12:51 pm
1) always carry a map
2) never speak to anyone
i have one of these examples. i had a book when i was much younger, where one of the characters ate a pancake, and exclaimed ‘mmm, delicious, i wish i had ten of them!’ so every time we had pancakes, my dad would say this phrase in an annoying voice. so every time i see or eat pancakes, i can’t help but think of this annoying little phrase.
June 1st, 2004 at 2:06 pm
mmmm delicious I wish I had ten of them….I wonder if we can transfer our thoughts so you can have mine and I can have yours? I would like that because pancakes only appear on average twice a year. Although there is the Crepe man in town to think of. I think maybe though this will turn bad because whenever I am near a pancake I will know there is something I need to think and I won’t remember what it is. “mmm lovely, I wish I had more”
It’s like really budget de ja vu.
June 1st, 2004 at 4:31 pm
but i remember more often than you might think; when i see jif lemon; anything french, the crepe stall in town, and especially now because we are talking about it!
June 4th, 2004 at 3:05 pm
This is somewhat like my Mary Poppins phase, which I may have told you about? where I had the line, ‘Don’t worry it’s good clean soot Michael’ going through my head CONSTANTLY for about 3 months. It did subside eventually but I am aware that it’s still there in the background….lurking.
June 4th, 2004 at 7:19 pm
YES I remember when you had that because not only did you think it I think you also said it quite a lot..hehe. We’d better watch this one, she’s tricky.
June 6th, 2004 at 8:43 am
I sometimes see Al in Waitrose do you want me to ask him where his mother’s house is - it may stop you having the thought.
July 29th, 2004 at 3:39 pm
I’m so relieved to discover that I’m not the only one who suffers from these irritating little quirks of the brain.
I have several, one of which is that I always think of the 1936 Munich Olympics when I’m cleaning the upstairs loo. Just because years and years ago there was a radio play about them on while I was doing that job. Curiously I only have to get down on my knees in front of the loo (but only THAT one) - e.g. to be sick, and it flashes back immediately… I don’t suppose you really wanted to hear that.
In case you think I’m a rather dull person with only one type of brain quirk I’ll tell you about one of my others:
Occasionally I have a day - or sometimes several days - when one particular phenomenon keeps on cropping up again and again. E.g. I had a fortnight when I kept seeing people with inordinately large and long noses. Hence I call the syndrome ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’. Another memorable Cyrano de Bergerac happened when I was working as Deputy Librarian in St. Kitts Library, New Cross. One day EVERYONE who came in to the Library spoke to me in a Mickey Mouse voice. That was really unnerving. Another one was a week of seeing very weird shoes everywhere.
July 29th, 2004 at 4:02 pm
I want a ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’ day