Friday, October 15, 2004

The 3rd Person.. and Earthquakes

Occasionally the use of the third person - when discussing yourself- in conversation makes sense (as in "Scott, what are you thinking?" I hear you ask yourselves. Actually maybe that isn't 3rd person, but 2nd person. But I thought second person would be "What is one thinking?" - any who...)

Occasionally the use of the third person- when discussing yourself- in conversation makes sense. But these times are few and far between. These times are not on Survivor, unless you want to sound crazy to your comrades (forced freindships though they are).

However, if one must use the third person, use your real name. As in "Travis is getting sick of the food here."

Rather than a name which, while perhaps pleasent enough in Married-to-Your-Cousin Kentucky, sounds odd to a national TV audiences. As in "Buba done had enough Plantains."

Last night Buba, as sick of Plantains as we are of his Bob Barker T-Shirt, was sent home by the women folk. In retrospect, maybe it was about more than the use of the 3rd person.



PS to anyone who happend to catch the episode (and there are fewer all the time - I know it jumped the shark). If you happen to get "caught" in an earthquake, get under something solid or away from things that might fall. Do not, as they did on Survivor, scream and run around like a chicken with your head cut off.

The ground is moving, where do you think you are running to? It won't last forever, the earth is moving a little, it will stop.

Looking around, instinctually looking for the big rig that has just crash through you house, is acceptable. To do so for an hour aterwards while screaming is just silly.

And as for the famous "running in a circle to get it to stop" is rather fruitless. The earht will settle down whether you run around in a circle or not.