Just give me one guess, even if it’s lame
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Guess what.
Side note: What’s the correct punctuation for that sentence? My inclination is to give it a question mark because most people respond with a question — what? — but really it’s a command. When I say, “Guess what,” I am demanding that you give it the college try, gingah. I want you to make one guess. It can be anything, just don’t answer with, “What?”
I’ll even give you one standard reply so you have something in your back pocket. The next time someone says to you, “Guess what,” this is what I want you to say.
“Bea Arthur came to you in a dream and told you to change your name to Maude.”
And before you ask, damn straight I walk the walk. You say, “Guess what,” and I’ll give you at least two guesses and when my kid asks she gets as many guesses as it takes to make her give up the info before I guess correctly. Come to think of it, they rarely say “Guess what” to me.
Sweep the Leg! I’m pretty sure this is the longest side note I have ever written. Thank you for sharing this moment with me.
So guess what.
(Files her nails as she waits for your answer.)
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This is what.
I’m catching a train to Chicago in an hour and I haven’t packed, taken a shower or written today’s (or tomorrow’s) post. I haven’t even finished my first cup of coffee yet. I haven’t answered comments since Tuesday morning either. Something’s gotta give. So you get a post for today and tomorrow and my fellow passengers get to sniff b.o. for the next seven hours.
So I’m not here. This is the virtual “Back at 7 am” sign with the clock that has adjustable hands.
p.s. I’m meeting Lin and Lola tonight at 8 pm!
Tags: Things that are fun!
you’re too funny. so the next time someone says knock, knock it”s not really a question, but a command to open the darn door. got it. i sit at the head of the class you know.
have fun this evening. i think it’s fun and exciting to meet people you’ve been chatting with via the internet only forever.
guess what. you better hightail it to nj soon, maude. and don’t forget to shower.
I second that!! – the coming to NJ part ;)
the nerve, right?
oh and thank you for the easter egg. i just found that one. okay, i feel a little special now. no, i’m not slipping, you see i came back with my egg detector and combed the area again just in case.
sweep the leg, i hit the jackpot.
@V Damn straight that’s a command, jack. Open the door. Before I have to get the battering ram out. Glad you enjoyed your special egg.
@Buf I will make that happen before I turn 50, so I have another eight years to work on it.
Hola CG!
I wish I was going with you! I LOVE Chicago! Hope you have a fabulous trip! And screw your fellow passengers. Some of them probably smell worse!
Mucho Smooches!
Val
It was awesome! And I did make it into the shower before we left. I was so proud of myself.
Oooooh, I would say the best part of this post is who you are gonna meet in PERSON tonight!!! ;)
For sure that was the best part!
Go girl! Have a good time! :)
Thanks Solomon — it was a blast. Loved it!
hehe well Guess what is a question – you are asking me to guess something to therefore it should followed by a ? right? maybe? Guess what?
Then again you could be excited so maybe “Guess what!” is more appropriate.
Then again it’s CG logic so it could be like “Guess what?!?”?£?$>%>^<*<(:%:£"{"@" (yes I just hit as many buttons as poss!)
Have an awesome time in Chicago and see you on the other side :)
I love all of those marks, Han!
Guess what?!?”?£?$>%>^<*<(:%:£”{“@”
I’m going to use them as punctuation the next time I type the phrase. Which was up there, before these two sentences.
Guess what.
I got my hair chopped off on Tuesday. It hasn’t been this short in 15 years. I was getting tired of the heat.
My hair has been shoulder-length, with layers, which means that I cannot put it up in a fun CG ponytail, unless I add some clips to hold the sides back. Trevor hates this look, but I have to employ it when I ride that darn airdyne machine.
What I am finding is that this haircut is very unforgiving. I am used to showering only after I exercise. In the past, a brush through my hair upside down stirred things up enough and I was good to go. Now, I wake with short, short hair plastered to my head. Grrr!
And why am I telling you all this?? (That IS a question!) I tell you this because I am pretty sure you are good to go, without your shower this a.m. We, here in the VIP lounge, awaiting your every word, feel fortunate that you met our needs first.
A quick swipe with a towelette under the arms, a dash of perfume, a brush-through and pull back, and CG is rockin’ the train!
My only regret is that I’m not living in Chicago these days, so I could hang with you, too. Hope you three have a blast (and your little scouts, too – that is why you are going, right?).
No. Way! There is no amount of heat on earth or the sun that will make me chop the ponytail. I always have to be able to get it up in a rubberband.
Hmm, that last sentence could be taken out of context. Better stop while I’m ahead.
My favorite response to that question is “chicken butt.” Yes, I am 39 going on eight. The kids in my preschool class at church love it, though. Hope you have a great time in the Windy City!
I’ve never heard of that phrase, ever. I’m surprised my kids haven’t come home with that one yet.
Have a great time in Chi-town!!
Thanks Buf!
First of all, you are meeting some of my favorite bloggers and I am so jealous. Say hi to them for me.
The Maude thing really confused me.
I’m here to confuse, so my job is done (claps invisible dust off her hands.)
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Now that I think about this more (what is with me that I am sitting here on a Friday morning, thinking about this more?) … perhaps your command of “Guess what.” really does command the hearer to respond with the question you didn’t want, “What?” After all, you are commanding them to inquire what.
Then again, I often respond, with absepa, with “chicken butt.” Bryce went through a phase where we constantly did a whole litany of those.
“Guess what.”
“Chicken butt.”
“Guess who.”
“Chicken poo.”
“Guess why.”
“Chicken pie.”
“Guess where.”
“Chicken hair.”
“Guess how.”
“Chicken-Cow.” (remember that old cartoon that used to be on called “Cow and Chicken,” with a cow and chicken as siamese twins????)
Okay, Wendy. I’ll give you that one. It is a command just like, “Say what again.”
Never heard of the chicken butt, pie, hair, etc. thing and I do not remember a cartoon with a cow and chicken as Siamese twins. I do remember Cat Dog, though.
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