Can you keep it going asking ONLY QUESTIONS?

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  • srazamora
    srazamora Posts: 4,636 Member
    Wasn’t it interesting way to get to see the contrast of the structure and rigidity of federal court against the chaos and disorganization of the state court?
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 13,986 Member
    My mother got summoned twice...once on her wedding day, once the day she was due to give birth...can you imagine how "pleased" she was on both occasions?
  • srazamora
    srazamora Posts: 4,636 Member
    Did major life events like that not automatically exempt her?!
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 13,986 Member
    She was exempted the moment she arrived, but is it possible the current summons verbiage identifying exemptions was added as a result of her informing the murder-trial-judge there was about to be another murder in the courtroom if she wasn't excused?
  • srazamora
    srazamora Posts: 4,636 Member
    Isn’t arriving in the middle of all that stressful enough on its own?
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,993 Member
    Who knew that today is National Hiking Day in the US?
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,975 Member
    Didn't I discover that this morning?
  • Cat0703a
    Cat0703a Posts: 17,577 Member
    Did you both celebrate by taking a hike?
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,975 Member
    Didn't I do that the two days prior?
  • Cat0703a
    Cat0703a Posts: 17,577 Member
    Oh were you celebrating early?
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,975 Member
    Couldn't you say I was unknowingly celebrating?
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 13,986 Member
    Will your routine change now that you know this vital piece of information?
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,993 Member
    Cat0703a wrote: »
    Did you both celebrate by taking a hike?
    Would you consider running and walking on a treadmill because it's raining outside to be "taking a hike" and celebrating? Can I chalk up the 14 oz of Häagen-Dazs vanilla Swiss almond ice cream I devoured last night to celebrating national hiking day? 🤭😋🤭
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 13,986 Member
    On National Hiking Day, is it still an insult to tell somebody to "go take a hike?"
  • srazamora
    srazamora Posts: 4,636 Member
    Wouldn’t it call for context if you didn’t want to come off as rude?
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 13,986 Member
    Since when do social media posts ever use "context"? Aren't they SUPPOSED to come across as rude and abrasive, until the original author condescendingly explains how the reader is "supposed to read" it? Isn't that why most social media platforms the world over are the way they are? (Could this also explain why I use zero social media except for MFP?)
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,975 Member
    Don't we have more in common than you would think as this is also my only social media outlet?
  • Cat0703a
    Cat0703a Posts: 17,577 Member
    And isn’t it a good thing @cmsienk and @frankwbrown know that if I used “take a hike” in the other way, it would be gentle teasing?
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,993 Member
    edited November 2023
    @cat0703a, you know you can feel free to tell me to "take a hike", right?

    Isn't it the case that the better you know someone, the less likely you are to misunderstand their intent? Don't I recall an email I sent at work being taken as an insult by one person when in fact I was admonishing a second person for doing a task rather than showing the first person how to do it? 🤷‍♂️

  • srazamora
    srazamora Posts: 4,636 Member
    Why do you think the saying is, “take a hike” and not “go for a run”? 🤔
  • Corina1143
    Corina1143 Posts: 4,740 Member
    Is it because "go for a run" has a positive connotation while "take a hike" has a negative connotation? Or does "take a hike" have a negative connotation because of the way we use it?
  • srazamora
    srazamora Posts: 4,636 Member
    Can we start a new one? How about “Do a 30 min HIIT workout”?
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,975 Member
    Doesn't roll trippingly off the tongue though, does it?
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,459 Member
    cmsienk wrote: »
    Doesn't roll trippingly off the tongue though, does it?

    How about take a trip?

    do you do the silly thing when someone stumbles and say Have a nice trip, see you next fall?

  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,993 Member
    Depending on the company, wouldn't "take a HIIT" spark some confusion?
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 13,986 Member
    You do know I live in Colorado, right? Wouldn't my son have a VERY different interpretation than I would when told the same thing?
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,993 Member
    And I suppose there are several ways to interpret "Rocky Mountain High" as well? 😂
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 13,986 Member
    Do you want some Colorado Brownies? 😎
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,459 Member
    Do they have any 'secret ingredients' ? ;)
  • Jacbrush0527
    Jacbrush0527 Posts: 8 Member
    Not sure, do you know the secret ingredients?

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