Random thoughts. They happen in no particular order and relate to nothing you’re currently doing or talking about. They are just that – random.
Quite often I set out with good intentions to do something productive, but sometimes it’s just hard to concentrate. Nothing in particular bothering me or stressing me, but I develop ADD on steroids which commands my every random thought.
Things like:
Or this:
Or sometimes, this:
And so that inspired me to write this week’s post and the early summer edition of Take It or Leave It.
Here’s how Take It or Leave It works: Post your guesses (would I take it, or leave it) in the comments section below. I will post my responses Thursday. The person with the most correct guesses is my winner, but you must post another comment in the comments section, acknowledging that you are a winner, in order to claim your prize. It’s that simple. Unclaimed prizes will be forfeited after one week from posting the answers.
So, here you go. For the following list of things, would I Take It, or Leave It?
1. Eat someone’s leftovers from the community kitchen refrigerator at my office building.
2. Photobomb someone’s wedding pictures.
3. Park in two parking spaces so no one dings my doors.
4. Wear something seductive to an audition.
5. Call in sick so I can stay home and read.
6. Play the damsel in distress to get some guy to do something for me I don’t want to do.
7. Kiss a guy at a cold reading audition if the script called for it.
8. Leave my garbage in the street if a bear or stray dog knocks the can over.
9. Try to charm a cop to get out of a speeding ticket.
10. Blame my mistake on someone else.
Have fun with it. I’m looking forward to your guesses. How about you – any random weirdness you want to share? What goofball thoughts trip through your day? I love hearing your stories, they make me feel less strange.
Word of the Day: Tamandua
Fun fact about me: My very first role on stage was the villainess in a classic old time melodrama. (Clementine Greedy was my name.)
Original post by Jansen Schmidt July 2014. Photo courtesy Google Images.
I’ll jump in the pool first – take it 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 – leave it 1, 2, 7, 8, 10… charming a cop to get out of a ticket doesn’t work for me 🙂
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Thanks for playing along Clay. I”m sorry that charming a cop hasn’t worked out so well for you. Keep trying. You may get the right cop some day.
Actually I know the real reason is because you’ve never been pulled over right? You’ve never had a chance to see if you can turn on the charm.
Thanks for visiting. Have a great week.
Patricia
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I have been pulled over and I am incredibly polite, but charm isn’t in character, so to speak… the last time was for talking on my cell phone – a NO NO where I live, I got a warning, but the previous time I got a ticket and no amount of charm would have gotten me out. 🙂
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I say you’d take 4,6,7, and 9. Why those? The actress in you can’t resist a good role.
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Oh Pat, you think I”m shameless apparently. We’ll see on Thursday if I am or not.
Thanks for playing along.
Patricia
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I’ve never charmed a cop to get out of a ticket, I burst into tears though. It probably helped that I was seven months pregnant at the time.
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Oh yeah – 7 months pregnant and turning on the water works will most likely get you out of anything.
Thanks for stopping by this morning.
Patricia
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I’m guessing you’d take all but 1 and 3. # 9 does not work well if you drive a red Camaro with vanity plates, but surprisingly I don’t do #3 either.
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Oh Jennette – the bright red Camero would be a beacon and the vanity plates, a ringer for sure. But, hey, I’m with you, I’d take my chances in the red Camero with vanity plates. I can be a pretty good sweet-talker if I have to be, but then again I never give the cops a reason for having to pull me over. (cough)
Thanks for visiting. Stop back Thursday do see how you did in the guessing department.
Patricia
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Yes, I sometimes get that random “expensive or am I poor” thought too!
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Well Phil, living in New York I can only imagine you’d feel like that more than folks living in other states. New York, like California, is one of those places that can make you (and by you I mean people in general) feel like a pauper.
Thanks for visiting.
Patricia
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I’d say you’d take 2, 4, 5 and 7. My older brother always explained his finances like this: “I’m dependently wealthy…depends on whether I have any money or not”. I did get stopped for not coming to a complete stop once. The officer talked so fast I had my name signed before I knew it! My very first SCARY appearance in court!
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Welcome to The Edge of Eternity M. Lee and thanks for playing along. I like your brother’s thought pattern and I’d have to agree with him.
I hope you’ll stop by on Thursday to see how you guessed.
Patricia
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Yay! My favorite game to randomly guess at!
1. You totally would. Someone else’s leftovers are always better than your own.
2. Pshaw. Of course. What’s the fun of wedding pictures without a photobomber? You’re doing them a favor.
3. Absolutely! Gotta keep the ride lookin’ good.
4. *wondering what kind of auditions Patricia goes to* Uh…no?
5. You should. You really, really should. But you wouldn’t because you’re responsible like that.
6. No way! You wouldn’t stoop so low, no matter how tempting.
7. Yup.
8. Patricia ain’t no litterbug, even if a bear does it for her.
9. Who WOULDN’T do that?
10. Hell no – you own up to your mistakes.
My random thought that I get crazy looks for…do you ever notice when there’s a random shoe on the side of the road, it’s never a pair? Weird.
Have a great week, Patricia!
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Hi Coleen and thanks for stopping by with your guesses and reasons for them. Come back by Thursday to see how well your logic paid off.
I do see those random shoes along the side of the road; never in pairs. Weird. How does that happen? Children throwing stuff out the window? Angered lovers quarreling in bare feet? Who knows?
Patricia
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Okay – it’s Thursday and time to reveal the answers.
1. Leave – I would not eat someone’s leftovers. I believe in doing unto others, blah, blah, blah and I would hate it if someone ate my lunch.
2. Leave. A wedding is such a special day and people pay lots of money for gorgeous photos so I would not photobomb. (Besides I think photobombing is kind of childish.)
3. Leave. Again it’s the doing unto others things and I hate it when someone parks in two spaces. Now I will park in a spot far, far away from the front door to avoid dings, but I’m the kind of person who would deliberately squeeze into the spot next to someone else who took up two spots, hopefully making it impossible for them to climb into their car, cuz that’s how I roll.
4. This one I would take. If I felt it gave me an edge in getting a role I wanted, heck yeah, I’d wear something seductive to an audition.
5. I’m not ashamed to say I would take this. Not all the time mind you, but I have played hooky before.
6. Again, I’m not shameless when it comes to certain things. I would definitely play the damsel in distress to get some guy to do something for me. I’d try to do it myself first, but if some guy happens along, I would bat the ole eyes and act helpless. Hey, it works. I’m not stupid.
7. Take. Again, if it’s a role I want, I’d do just about anything. And if it’s a leading role, most likely the leading man will be good-looking. So, sure, I’d kiss him. No tongue of anything, but touching my lips to someone else’s is doable.
8. Leave. If there’s trash in my yard, for any reason, I’ll clean it up.
9. Absolutely I’d try to charm a cop to get out of a speeding ticket. It has worked for me in the past so, why not keep trying it. Again, I’m not stupid.
10. This is a definite leave. If I’ve made a mistake, I’ll fess up and I’ll apologize.
So, for those of you who guessed, here’s how you did:
My friend Pat got an almost perfect score!! Pat you are my winner with 9 correct guesses.
Clay, is a close second with 8 correct.
Jennette and ML Scott got 6 correct.
And for some reason, CJ and all of her deductive reasoning only got 4 right. Sorry Coleen, but you really don’t know me at all do you? Better luck next time.
Thank you all for playing. Pat, you can claim your prize by contacting me at jansen.schmidt@yahoo.com and letting me know if you want the Amazon or the i-tunes gift card.
Until Monday, stay safe and have a great weekend!
Patricia
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What the…? You’re WAY less devious than I expected, Patricia, unless there’s some personal gain (besides someone else’s leftovers). Tsk, tsk. 🙂 Nice going, Pat!
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Well Coleen, did you read the part about me parking really close to the dude taking up 2 spots and making it impossible for him to get back in his car? That’s devious. And it would be sort of devious to wear something risque just to secure a part in a play; not that my body would be the clincher mind you, but hey, I’d stoop to that level if I had to.
Don’t be thinking i”m some kind of saint, Missy. I do have a reputation to uphold.
Thanks for stopping by. Next time you’ll do better. I just know it.
Patricia
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Well, I missed the party. I got caught up in my research in South America. What a coincidence that I studied the habits of Tamandua–and that’s your word of the day!
😉
Happy weekend!
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Are you kidding me? You actually learned about Tamandua before I brought it to your attention? How cool is that.
You must be working on a new book. Or planning a trip. I hope it’s the latter. Well, maybe not, either is a good thing.
Thanks for coming by Coleen. Have a great weekend.
Patricia
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